Art Therapy as Treatment for Fear of Childbirth
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interventional
124
1 country
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Brief Summary
Earlier research has shown that pregnant women with a pronounced fear of childbirth have a significantly increased risk for birth complications and subsequent psychological trauma. In Sweden and also internationally, women in fear of childbirth are treated in many differing ways. Evidence for best care for these women is lacking. The Art Therapy method is a creative, psycho-therapeutic form of treatment which has been used for several decades within psychiatry. It has recently been seen that the Art Therapy method has positive effects during treatment for crisis reactions. Recruitment has recently been initiated for a randomized controlled study of Art Therapy for the treatment of fear of childbirth. The hypothesis for the study is as follows: H1 = treatment with Art Therapy and therapeutic conversations will result in a decrease in fear of childbirth when compared to treatment by therapeutic conversations only. The instrument which is to be used for measurement of childbirth fear is the Wijma Delivery Expectancy Questionnaire (W-DEQ). This is a well validated instrument which was developed in Sweden. A power calculation has shown a need for 62 x 2 participants; a total of 124 women.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
May 1, 2011
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
October 19, 2011
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
October 24, 2011
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
December 1, 2012
CompletedFebruary 14, 2012
February 1, 2012
1.6 years
October 19, 2011
February 13, 2012
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Scores for the Wijma Delivery Expectancy Questionnaire (W-DEQ)
Change in W-DEQ scores measured at entry to the study (approximately gestational weeks 20 to 31) and again at gestational week 36.
Study Arms (2)
Art therapy group
EXPERIMENTALTreatment in this arm consists of five Art Therapy sessions and therapeutic conversations.
Therapeutic conversation group
ACTIVE COMPARATORTreatment by therapeutic conversations only
Interventions
Treatment consists of five sessions of Art Therapy given by an authorised Art Therapist and therapeutic conversations with specialist midwives. Number of conversations is determined by the participant.
Therapeutic conversations with specialist midwives. Number of conversations is determined by the participant.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Pregnant women
- Pronounced fear of childbirth
You may not qualify if:
- Women with a current psychiatric diagnosis
- Women who do not understand Swedish
- Women with a current substance misuse
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
Helsingborg Hospital
Helsingborg, Skåne County, 25187, Sweden
Related Publications (1)
O'Connell MA, Khashan AS, Leahy-Warren P, Stewart F, O'Neill SM. Interventions for fear of childbirth including tocophobia. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2021 Jul 7;7(7):CD013321. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013321.pub2.
PMID: 34231203DERIVED
MeSH Terms
Interventions
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- STUDY CHAIR
Linda J Kvist, PhD
Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Central Study Contacts
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Lic.Midwife, Art therapist
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
October 19, 2011
First Posted
October 24, 2011
Study Start
May 1, 2011
Primary Completion
December 1, 2012
Last Updated
February 14, 2012
Record last verified: 2012-02