Determining the Effect of the ThetaHealing Meditation Method Given During the Antenatal Period on Labor Pain and Fear in Primiparous Women

NCT07267351 | Enrolling By Invitation

• 1 other identifier: EK 44/24
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 40
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Purpose: This randomized controlled study was designed to determine the effect of the ThetaHealing meditation method given to primiparous pregnant women during the antenatal period on labor pain and fear. Objectives:

1. 1.To increase childbirth satisfaction by enabling pregnant women to use the ThetaHealing meditation method during labor.
2. 2.To ensure the use of the ThetaHealing meditation method during labor in order to reduce labor pain and/or facilitate adaptation to pain.
3. 3.To reduce childbirth fear and/or facilitate adaptation to childbirth fear during labor by using the ThetaHealing meditation method.
4. 4.To improve childbirth comfort through the ThetaHealing meditation method and thereby encourage vaginal birth.
5. 5.Labor pain and childbirth fear are important factors that affect pregnant women's birth preferences. Negative birth experiences heard from women's social environment create beliefs that their own births will also be difficult, bloody, and traumatic.
6. 6.Teaching the ThetaHealing meditation method to pregnant women during the antenatal period and enabling them to use their minds positively during labor is thought to increase women's comfort at the time of birth.

Conditions

Pregnancy; Meditation; Midwifery Support; Labor Pain; Childbirth

Keywords

birth; labor pain; meditation; midwifery support

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Determining the effect of the ThetaHealing meditation method given during the antenatal period on labor pain and childbirth fear in primiparous women.

  The period from the 20th week of pregnancy until the end of labor.

Study Arms (2)

experimental group

They are women who are between the 20th and 40th weeks of pregnancy, volunteer to participate in the study, have no systemic disease, are expected to have a normal vaginal birth, have not been diagnosed with a high-risk pregnancy, and have a singleton fetus.

Behavioral: ThetaHealing Meditation Method

Experimental Group

They are women who are between the 20th and 40th weeks of pregnancy, volunteer to participate in the study, have no systemic disease, are expected to have a normal vaginal birth, have not been diagnosed with a high-risk pregnancy, and have a singleton fetus.

Interventions

ThetaHealing Meditation Method BEHAVIORAL

ThetaHealing is a meditation method discovered by Vianna Stibal in 1994. This method is practiced using the theta brain wave, which has a frequency range of 4-8 Hz. According to Stibal, during the meditation process the individual has the potential to heal spiritually, physically, and emotionally (Stibal, 2011). In belief work, it actually leads the person to question what they believe and where this belief originates from, and then teaches how to load positive feelings that reflect the person's own reality in place of this negative belief. The ThetaHealing method is a defined, systematic meditation technique that is divided into courses related to various areas of life and levels of progress (Loska A., 2023).

experimental group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 35 Years
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)
• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

Pregnant women who apply to the Obstetrics and Gynecology Outpatient Clinic and Inpatient Ward of Lefkoşa Dr. Burhan Nalbantoğlu State Hospital and agree to participate in the study.

You may qualify if:

• A healthy pregnant woman aged between 18 and 35 years. The absence of any chronic disease. Having a single healthy fetus with a gestational age greater than 20 weeks. Willing to participate in the study. Having no systemic disease. Being in her first pregnancy.

You may not qualify if:

• Those who do not complete the training. Not being in the 18-35 age range. Having a systemic disease. Having been diagnosed with a high-risk pregnancy. Having a multiple pregnancy. Being multiparous.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Near East University, Turkey: lead

Study Sites (1)

Lefkoşa Dr. Burhan Nalbantoğlu State Hospital

Nicosia, Cyprus

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Labor Pain

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: CASE CONTROL
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Research Assistant

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 20, 2025
• First Posted: December 5, 2025
• Study Start: June 30, 2025
• Primary Completion (Estimated): June 30, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): July 1, 2027
• Last Updated: December 5, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-06

Locations

CY (1)