Motivational Interview in Primiparous Pregnants With Low Belief in Normal Birth

Inonu University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pregnancy Related

Treatments: Behavioral: Motivational Interview

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06009887

2020/1198

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to determine the effect of motivational interviews made with primiparous pregnant women with low belief in normal birth on medical and natural birth belief. This randomized controlled study was conducted in a randomized controlled manner with a total of 148 pregnant women who applied to the obstetrics outpatient clinic of a hospital in eastern Turkey (74 trials, 74 controls). In the study, a total of four sessions of motivational interviews were conducted with the primiparous pregnant women in the experimental group, one week apart. No intervention was applied to the women in the control group. Research data Personal Information Form, Belief Scale for Normal Delivery (BSND) and Birth Beliefs (Natural and medical birth belief) Scale (BBS) were used. Descriptive statistics, Pearson's chi-square test, and dependent and independent t-test were used to analyze the data.

Enrollment: 148 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Having a low level of belief and tendency towards normal birth according to the Normal Birth Belief Scale (between 24-56 points),
• Primiparous pregnant,
• According to the calculations made by USG of the pregnant women who do not know the last menstruation date or the last menstruation date, 24-36 days of pregnancy. in the week,
• Pregnant women who volunteered were included in the sample of the study.

Exclusion criteria

• Premature birth,
• Having any risk diagnosed during pregnancy (such as preeclampsia, diabetes, heart disease, placenta previa, oligohydramnios),
• Contraindications for normal vaginal delivery
• Developing cesarean indication,
• Not completing MG sessions,
• Pregnant women with deficiencies or errors in any of the forms in which the data were obtained were excluded from the sample.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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148 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental: İntervention Group

Experimental group

Description:

Motivational interviewing is a counseling approach that pays special attention to the language of change, adopts a collaborative, goal-oriented communication style and aims to strengthen personal motivation and commitment to this change, revealing and discovering the reasons for the change in one's own, in an atmosphere of acceptance and empathy.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Motivational Interview

No Intervention: Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

No interventions were made for those in the control group other than routine hospital practices.