The Effects of the Use of Virgin Mary Herb in Childbirth

NCT06824558 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: Virgin Mary Herb Used in Birth
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 100
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This is a study to see if the use of virgin mary herb during birth has an effect on fear, pain and duration during birth. Virgin mary herb is a dry plant and it is believed that when added to water during birth, it makes birth easier.

Conditions

Pain During Labour; Fear of Childbirth

Keywords

Anastatica Hierochuntica

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Fear Scale

  It is a scale developed by Serçekuş, İşbir and İnci in 2017. The Turkish form of the Fear of Childbirth Scale is a measurement tool that can accurately measure fear during childbirth, can be applied to Turkish culture, and is suitable in terms of language and content validity. The scale is a practical and fast tool to determine the degree of fear during childbirth and has been recommended to be used to determine the degree of fear of women in delivery rooms. Detection of fear during childbirth can allow continuous supportive care (emotional, informative support, relaxation, etc.) during childbirth, allowing the woman to have a better birth experience. Therefore, the Fear of Childbirth Scale can be used by professionals to determine the degree of fear of women in delivery rooms. The scale consists of 10 questions. Each question was scored between 1 and 10. The higher the score, the higher the fear.

  After the pregnant woman started labor(when cervical dilatation was 4cm and above), the application was started. Labor lasted on average 24 hours.During this time the pregnant woman was assessed 3 times

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Visual Analog Scale (VAS)

  After the pregnant woman started labor(when cervical dilatation was 4cm and above), the application was started.Labor lasted on average 24 hours.During this time the pregnant woman was assessed 3times

Study Arms (2)

primiparous pregnant

SHAM COMPARATOR

Control group: Normal midwifery care is applied during birth and no other care is applied. Pregnant women are not shown the blossoming of the Virgin Mary plant in water as in the intervention group.

Other: primiparous pregnant

primiparous pregnant woman following virgin mary

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Pregnant women in the intervention group were shown the herb Mary taken in water during birth and also received midwifery care.

Other: primiparous pregnant woman following virgin mary

Interventions

primiparous pregnant woman following virgin mary OTHER

It is thought that the application of the motherwort during birth shortens the duration of labor and reduces pain and fear during birth. In the study, the pregnant women in the intervention group watched the opening of the motherwort in water during birth.

primiparous pregnant woman following virgin mary

primiparous pregnant OTHER

Only midwifery care was applied to pregnant women in the control group.

primiparous pregnant

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Days - 45 Days
• Gender Eligibility Details: The study was conducted on primiparous pregnant women.
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Being over 18 years old,
• Being able to understand and speak Turkish,
• Being primiparous,
• Not having a chronic disease,
• Having completed the 37th week of pregnancy,
• Not having passed the 42nd week of pregnancy,
• Being in a cephalic presentation,
• Having reached 4cm cervical dilatation,

You may not qualify if:

• Multiparous pregnancy,
• Application of labor induction,
• Being a high-risk pregnancy,
• Having received childbirth preparation training,
• Being an immigrant,
• Use of non-pharmacological methods other than Virgin Mary

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Uskudar University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Uskudar University Faculty of Health Sciences

Istanbul, Ümraniye, 34662, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Related Publications (2)

• Rameshbabu S, Messaoudi SA, Alehaideb ZI, Ali MS, Venktraman A, Alajmi H, Al-Eidi H, Matou-Nasri S. Anastatica hierochuntica (L.) methanolic and aqueous extracts exert antiproliferative effects through the induction of apoptosis in MCF-7 breast cancer cells. Saudi Pharm J. 2020 Aug;28(8):985-993. doi: 10.1016/j.jsps.2020.06.020. Epub 2020 Jul 9.

  PMID: 32792843 BACKGROUND

• Ali-Shtayeh MS, Jamous RM, Jamous RM. Plants used during pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum and infant healthcare in Palestine. Complement Ther Clin Pract. 2015 May;21(2):84-93. doi: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2015.03.004. Epub 2015 Apr 2.

  PMID: 25900613 BACKGROUND

Related Links

• Fear of Childbirth Scale
• Intervention for Fear of Childbirth: Hypnobirthing

Study Officials

• Tugba YILMAZ ESENCAN, Assistant Professor

  Uskudar University

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• Sumeyye ÇİFTÇİ, specialist midwife

  Çam ve Sakura City Hospital

  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: assistant professor

Model Details: The researcher will provide the Virgin Mary herb. A Virgin Mary herb plant will be used for each pregnant woman. The herb will be weighed with a precision scale to ensure that it is the same size and weight. The intervention group will be asked to fill out the same data collection tools by watching 100 grams of Virgin Mary herb in a standard wide-mouthed glass bowl at 50 degrees and put in a container full of water. The monitoring period of the Virgin Mary herb will be recorded in the Virgin Mary Herb Monitoring Form and the visuals during this time will be photographed and monitored through this form. At the same time, the labor will be monitored with the midwifery care provided by the researcher midwife throughout the progress of the labor. The pregnant woman will be told to imagine that her cervix is opening in this way while watching the herb opening. The details regarding the application (monitoring period of Anastatica Hierochuntica) will be recorded by

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 23, 2025
• First Posted: February 13, 2025
• Study Start: May 31, 2024
• Primary Completion: December 31, 2024
• Study Completion: December 31, 2024
• Last Updated: February 13, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP, ICF, CSR, ANALYTIC CODE
• Time Frame: The work started on May 1 and ended on December 31.
• Access Criteria: The study can be accessed by entering Yöktez and typing the name of the study or the names of the administrators.

Locations

TU (1)