Perinatal Bereavement Counseling Training for Midwives

NCT06652373 | Not Yet Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: IUC-EBE-AIG-01
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 126
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

Perinatal bereavement is a condition that can lead to serious psychological problems for parents and their families. Bereaved women are at high risk of mental health problems (e.g. anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder and depression). They may also blame themselves and their bodies for the loss and feel inadequate. Inadequate support from their environment in this process may lead them to experience social isolation. Research highlights the impact of caring for bereaved parents on health professionals, and that inadequate training can have a negative impact. In this context, there is a need for well-structured and tailored training programmes that focus on the specific needs and skills required to provide appropriate bereavement care to parents experiencing pregnancy loss and perinatal death. In this context, this study was planned both to prepare a training programme with evidence of effectiveness and to investigate the effectiveness of perinatal bereavement counselling training for midwives.

Conditions

Still Births; Bereavement; Perinatal Care; Perinatal Mental Health

Keywords

Bereavement; Hospice Care; Research Design; Midwifery; Pregnancy

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Perinatal Bereavement Care Confidence Scale

  Perinatal Bereavement Care Confidence Scale (PBCCS)The validity and reliability of the scale developed by Kalu et al. in 2019 to evaluate the perinatal grief process and care in this process was developed by Dursun and Akkuş. This measurement tool was developed to determine the grief care confidence of midwives and nurses who provide support to parents experiencing perinatal loss. The scale consists of 35 items and 4 sub-dimensions. The items of the scale, which has a 5-point Likert structure, are scored as strongly agree=5, agree=4, partially agree=3, disagree=2, strongly disagree=1. While the minimum score to be obtained from each dimension is 1, the maximum score is 5. The statements with reversed items are 7, 11 and 33. Low scores obtained from the scale indicate a high level of confidence in perinatal bereavement support. The scale does not have a total score and each factor is scored independently. In the scale; each dimension is evaluated separately within itself.

  1 week before the start of the training and 1 week after the end of the training

Study Arms (2)

Education

EXPERIMENTAL

perinatal grief counselling training for midwives will be given to the experimental group.

Behavioral: Behavioural change through education

Standard of care

NO INTERVENTION

The training will not be given to the control group during the study.

Interventions

Behavioural change through education BEHAVIORAL

The content of the perinatal grief counselling training to be used in the study will be created in 8 modules and will be applied to midwives. The planned perinatal grief counselling training for midwives will be carried out online and it is aimed that midwives gain perinatal grief counselling skills and competence and increase their competence to cope with the problems they may encounter in the counselling process.

Education

Eligibility Criteria

• Gender Eligibility Details: women midwives
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Midwives who have been active midwives in one of the obstetrics, postnatal, perinatology, septic and aseptic services for at least one year

You may not qualify if:

• Academic and freelance midwives
• Midwives who have previously received specialised training in bereavement care

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa: lead

Central Study Contacts

Ayse Irem Gokcek

CONTACT

800-555-5555; gokcek.airem@gmail.com

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: PhD student in midwifery

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 12, 2024
• First Posted: October 22, 2024
• Study Start: December 1, 2024
• Primary Completion: April 1, 2025
• Study Completion: December 30, 2025
• Last Updated: October 22, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-10

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share