Effect of Maryam Plant and Surah on Birth Pain, Anxiety and Satisfaction

Ataturk University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Muslim; No Pregnancy Complications; Pregnancy; Cervical Dilatation of 4-6 cm (Early Active Phase)

Treatments: Behavioral: Surah Maryam group; Behavioral: Virgin Mary's Hand Plant Group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07175337

AtaturkU-SBF-ES-02

Details and patient eligibility

About

This randomized controlled trial was conducted to determine the effects of spiritual support provided by Virgin Mary's hand plant and Surah Maryam on labor anxiety, labor pain, and satisfaction.

Full description

No other study has been found investigating the effects of both the Maryam Surah and the Virgin Mary plant on labor anxiety, labor pain, and labor satisfaction. The effects of the parameters to be examined in this project have not yet been examined, and the effects of the Maryam Surah recited to pregnant women during labor and the Virgin Mary plant, believed to help open the birth canal, have not been tested. The study aims to contribute to the literature through a randomized controlled trial and to obtain data that will inform future studies.

Enrollment: 125 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 45 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• • Being literate

  • Being open to communication
  • Being at term (37-40 weeks)
  • Having a single, live fetus
  • Having no pregnancy complications
  • Having no conditions preventing labor
  • Having 4-6 cm cervical dilation (early active phase)
  • Planning a vaginal birth
  • Not having a diagnosed psychiatric illness
  • Volunteering to participate in the study
  • Being in cephalic presentation
  • Being Muslim

Exclusion criteria

• Being illiterate

  • Having a high-risk pregnancy
  • Having a planned cesarean section
  • Developing complications during labor
  • Using pain-reducing methods such as narcotic analgesics or sedatives
  • Having a diagnosed psychiatric illness

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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125 participants in 3 patient groups

Surah Maryam group

Experimental group

Description:

Pregnants who came for birth were taught the Surah Maryam. They were monitored throughout the labor process, and in addition to routine midwifery care, the Surah Maryam was recited twice during labor to provide spiritual support.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Surah Maryam group

Virgin Mary's Hand Plant group

Experimental group

Description:

By monitoring the labor throughout the process, in addition to routine midwifery care, the pregnant was provided with moral support by placing the Virgin Mary's Hand plant in water and watching the plant unfold, guiding her to the idea that the birth canal would also open in the same way.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Virgin Mary's Hand Plant Group

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

Routine midwifery care was provided at birth