The Effect of Creating a Birth Story in the Labor Room on Fear of Childbirth

NCT07382609 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 5499
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 58
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to reduce the fears of women who will give birth and increase their comfort. In the literature review conducted for this purpose, no study has yet been found that examines the effect of creating a birth story in the labor room on the fear of birth and birth comfort in primiparous pregnant women. In order to fill this gap in the literature, pregnant women in the labor room will be asked to create their birth stories and the effect of this on fear of birth and birth comfort will be examined. The hypotheses of the study are as follows: H1a: Creating a birth story in the labor room affects fear of birth H1b: Creating a birth story in the labor room affects birth comfort.

Conditions

Birth

Keywords

comfort; fear of birth; pregnant

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Prenatal Self Evaluation Questionnaire score

  The scale developed by Lederman determines women's adaptation to pregnancy and motherhood. This scale is a 4-point Likert-type scale with 7 sub-dimensions and 79 items. The scores that can be obtained from the scale are between 10 and 40.

  Baseline (latent phase of labor) and prior to active labor (at 4 cm cervical dilatation)]

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Childbirth Comfort Questionnaire- CCQ score

  Immediately prior to active labor (at 4 cm cervical dilatation)

Study Arms (2)

No Intervention:

NO INTERVENTION

GROUP WITHOUT BIRTH STORY

Experimental

EXPERIMENTAL

Birth story creating group

Behavioral: BIRTH STORY EXPERIMENTAL GROUP

Interventions

BIRTH STORY EXPERIMENTAL GROUP BEHAVIORAL

The birth story is created by the pregnant women in the labor room writing their feelings on a transparent wallpaper attached to the wall. The pregnant woman, the midwife, the father and the doctor can also write their feelings and thoughts on this wallpaper. In this way, the pregnant woman looks at the wall on which positive thoughts are written throughout the labor and thus the fear of birth is reduced.

Experimental

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 45 Years
• Gender Eligibility Details: female
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Over the age of 18,
• Not experiencing a risky pregnancy,
• Not becoming pregnant with assisted reproductive techniques,
• Planned to have a vaginal birth,
• In the latent phase of labor,
• Do not have any psychiatric disorders,
• Do not have any health problems in themselves or their babies,
• Do not have a history of ex fetus will be included in the study.

You may not qualify if:

• Pregnant women with an indication for caesarean section during the latent phase of labour will not be included in the study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Inonu University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Inonu University

Malatya, Battalgazi̇, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Related Links

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Study Officials

• Esra GÜNEY, PhD

  Inonu University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Master's Degree Student in Midwifery, Clinical Midwife

Model Details: Crossover Assignment randomized controlled trial conducted with experimental and control groups.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 9, 2024
• First Posted: February 3, 2026
• Study Start: March 1, 2024
• Primary Completion: November 1, 2025
• Study Completion: January 15, 2026
• Last Updated: February 3, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-01

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)