Effect of Antenatal Education on Knowledge,Attitude and Preferences Taward Delivery Modes

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• Conditions: Modes of Delivery; Antenatal Education
• Interventions: Behavioral: antenatal education

• Registration Number: NCT06561984
• Lead Sponsor: Mansoura University

Brief Summary

The aim of the current study is to assess the effect of antenatal education on pregnant women's knowledge, attitude, and preferences of delivery mode.

Detailed Description

This study employed a quasi-experimental design with intervention and control group. The purposive sample will consisted of 140 pregnant women who attended for prenatal care for follow up at the previously mentioned setting. The main objective of the study will to examine the effect of antenatal education on pregnant women's knowledge, attitude, and preferences toward the mode of delivery.

In order to accomplish the study's aim, the following research hypothesis is developed:

Hypothesis 1. Pregnant women who receive antenatal education will have a higher level of knowledge and positive attitude regarding the mode of delivery than those in the control group.

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2024-08
• Study First Submitted: 2024-08-11
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-08-19
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-08-19
• Study First Posted: 2024-08-20
• Last Update Posted: 2024-08-20
• Study Start: 2024-09
• Primary Completion: 2025-02
• Study Completion: 2025-03

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 140

Inclusion Criteria

• Pregnant women who are 18 to 35 years old.
• A singleton pregnancy in the third
• Primigravida and pregnant women with a history of one prior elective cesarean section at least two years between pregnancies.

Exclusion Criteria

• Pregnant women who has any indication of a cesarean section or obstetrical issues that have arisen during the present pregnancy
• Pregnant woman who suffer from psychological illness.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention group	antenatal education	The intervention group will receive antenatal educational sessions regarding modes of delivery in addition to the routine care in the antenatal clinic

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Structured Interviewing Questionnaire.	6 months	This tool was designed by the researcher after an extensive review of the related national and international literature and was filled by the researcher It consists of three parts: Part I: Studied pregnant women's general characteristics including age, educational level of the mother and husband, residence, etc...).; Part II: Obstetrical history of the studied pregnant women including gravidity, parity, history of abortion, type of previous C.S, inter-pregnancy interval, etc...).; Part III: Knowledge of the studied pregnant women toward mode of delivery.
Tool II: Attitude of the studied pregnant women toward mode of delivery questionnaire	6 months	It was developed by the researcher. Its primary objective was to assess pregnant women attitude toward delivery mode, it consists of two parts: Part I: Attitude of the studied pregnant women toward vaginal delivery: Part II: Attitude of the studied pregnant women toward Cesarean section:
Tool III: Studied pregnant women's preference of delivery mode sheet.	6 months	The researcher developed this tool after reviewing the relevant literature (Elgzar, Alshahrani, \& Ibrahim, 2023) to assess pregnant women preference of delivery mode. It included two items (the type of delivery mode as normal vaginal delivery or cesarean section and causes for choosing this mode of delivery, including labor pain, the cost, doctor preference, health beliefs regarding mode of delivery, the most common mode of delivery, having previous knowledge toward the mode of delivery, and having knowledge from an educational program, etc...).

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Mansoura University; 🇪🇬 Mansoura, Egypt