Focusing on the Maryam's Flower During the Birth

NCT06128759 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2022/294
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 126
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

To determine the Effect of Focusing on the Virgin Mary Flower during the Birth Process on Labor Pain, Labor Duration and Perceived Fatigue in Birth. Method: The study will be completed in a randomized controlled manner with a total of 126 primiparous pregnant women, 63 in the experimental group and 63 in the control group. Pregnant women in the experimental group will focus on the Virgin Mary flower in the water-filled jar and imagine that their uterus and birth path are opening like the branches of the Virgin Mary flower that blooms as labor pains come. There will be no intervention in the control group other than routine midwifery care. Research data will be collected with the Pregnant Introduction and Birth Process Follow-up Form, Visual Analog Scale, and Visual Similarity Scale for Fatigue.

Conditions

Labor Pain

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• severity of labor pain by VAS

  Visual Analog Scale: The scale features a 10-cm long vertical line, with 0 at the bottom end and 10 at the top end

  immediately after intervention

• Visual Similarity Scale for Fatigue

  The scale consists of two subscales, fatigue and energy, and 18 items. There are 10 cm long horizontal lines with positive expressions at one end and negative expressions at the other end of the YİBGS. While the items of the fatigue subscale progress from positive to negative, the energy subscale has the opposite order. The lowest score obtained from the fatigue subscale is 0 and the highest score is 130. In the energy subscale, scores range from 0 to 50.

  immediately after intervention

Study Arms (2)

Maryam's Flower Group

EXPERIMENTAL

Maryam's flower will place in a bowl of water and left in the room of the pregnant women who will at 1 cm cervical dilatation and in the first phase of the labor. It will explain to the pregnant women that the leaves of the plant would open up in the water, and they will ask to imagine that the birth canal would simultaneously open up. In effect, they will told to focus on the opening of these leaves during the course of the labor.. After birth, the flower used only as a focusing method will be removed from the water and its water will be poured.

Other: Focusing on Maryam's Flower

control group

NO INTERVENTION

will provided with standard midwifery care.

Interventions

Focusing on Maryam's Flower OTHER

Effect of Focusing on Maryam's Flower During the First Phase of the labor

Also known as: Foccusing on Maryam's Flower

Maryam's Flower Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 55 Years
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Being 18 years or older,
• being in 37-42 weeks of pregnancy,
• being primiparous,
• having a single healthy fetus,
• cervical dilatation not more than 3 cm.the one which,
• in the first stage of labor,
• Does not have any complications preventing vaginal birth,
• volunteer women who do not have disabilities in communication and perception

You may not qualify if:

• maternal and fetal complications
• pregnant with assisted reproductive techniques,
• having a presentation anomaly,
• having a twin pregnancy,
• electing cesarean section,
• Women whose cervical dilatation exceeds 3 cm and who are not willing to participate in the study

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Ondokuz Mayıs University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Ondokuz Mayis University

Samsun, 55200, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Labor Pain

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Sümeyye BAL

  Ondokuz Mayıs University

  STUDY CHAIR

• Sümeyye BAL

  Ondokuz Mayıs University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Ph.D.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 8, 2023
• First Posted: November 13, 2023
• Study Start: November 21, 2023
• Primary Completion: April 3, 2024
• Study Completion: April 3, 2024
• Last Updated: October 23, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-10

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)