Antenatal Education Based on Improving Health Literacy

Balikesir University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Antenatal Education

Treatments: Behavioral: Antenatal Education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04907630

0000-0002-040

Details and patient eligibility

About

Aim: This study was aimed to evaluate the effect of antenatal education based on improving health literacy on the adaptation of pregnancy, general self-efficacy, fear of childbirth, and health literacy in primiparous pregnant women.

Design: It was a randomized controlled trial. Method: The research was carried out in a city located in the Marmara region of Turkey between July 2018 and April 2019. It was conducted with three groups, including one control (n=73) and two intervention groups (n=109). One of the intervention group was given antenatal education based on improving health literacy (n=53), and the other was only provided with antenatal education (n=56). Pregnancy Information Form, Prenatal Self-Evaluation Questionnaire, Pregnancy Related Anxiety Scale, General Self-Efficacy Scale, and Health Literacy-TR32 scale were used for data collection.

Full description

Background: Pregnant women get themselves ready to give birth, maternity and parenting through antenatal education. These trainings make it easier to adapt to the processes in which pregnant women experience change. They also provide an important opportunity to support and maintain the competence and motivation to manage health responsibility.

Aim: To evaluate the impact of antenatal education intervention based on improving health literacy in order for primiparous pregnant women to; accept the pregnancy and adopt the role of maternity; increase the level of general self-efficacy and health literacy; reduce the fear of childbirth; and support the level of breastfeeding.

Design: It is an experimental and randomized controlled trial. Method: The research was carried out in a town located in the Marmara region of Turkey between April 2019 and July 2018. It was conducted with three groups, including one control (73) and two training groups (109). One of the training group was given antenatal education based on improving health literacy (HL-AE) (53), and the other was only provided with antenatal education (AE) (56). Pregnancy identification form, prenatal self-evaluation questionnaire, pregnancy related anxiety scale, general self-efficacy scale, Turkey health literacy -32 scale and postpartum data collection form were used for data collection.

Enrollment: 182 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Volunteer primiparous pregnant women
• 18 years and over,
• No have any disease
• In the second trimester

Exclusion criteria

• Not participating in five-week education,
• Any complications developed during the education period
• Voluntarily leaving.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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182 participants in 3 patient groups

intervention group-antenatal education of health literacy (HL-AE)

Experimental group

Description:

It is the group that is given antenatal education based on improving health literacy (HL-AE).

Treatment:

Behavioral: Antenatal Education

intervention group-Antenatal Education (AE)

Experimental group

Description:

It is the group that gives antenatal education (AE)

Treatment:

Behavioral: Antenatal Education

Control group

Experimental group

Description:

No Intervention

Treatment:

Behavioral: Antenatal Education