The Effect of Emotional Support Given During Cesarean Section on Pain, Anxiety, and Surgical Fear

Cumhuriyet University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Emotional Support During Cesarean Delivery

Treatments: Behavioral: Emotional support group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06795828

TR SİVAS 06

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study was conducted to determine the effect of emotional support given during cesarean section on pain, anxiety and surgical fear.

Full description

The experimental study sample consisted of 120 women (emotional support group: 60, control group: 60). Data were collected using the Personal Information Form, Visual Analog Scale, State Anxiety Inventory and Surgical Fear Scale. In the comparison between the groups in the study, it was found that there was a statistically significant difference between the mean Visual Analog Scale scores of the women in the experimental and control groups in the pre-test (p<0.05), and no difference in the post-test (p˃0.05). In the post-test measured after emotional support, it was found that there was a statistically significant difference between the State Anxiety Inventory scores, short-term, long-term and total Surgical Fear Scale scores between the groups (p˂0.05). After emotional support, women's pain levels increased, anxiety and surgical fear levels decreased and their satisfaction with emotional support during birth increased. Women who did not receive emotional support had significantly increased pain, anxiety and surgical fear levels.

Enrollment: 120 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 38 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Women who had a history of spinal anesthesia for the first time during a cesarean delivery,
• Who were going to have a planned cesarean before spontaneous contractions started,
• Who had no health problems with their babies,
• Who had no physical or mental problems themselves,
• Who had no communication difficulties,
• Women who volunteered to participate were included in the study.

Exclusion criteria

• Women who had a normal spontaneous delivery,
• Women who had a cesarean after labor/spontaneous contractions started,
• Women who had any health problems with their babies,
• Women who had a physical or mental illness themselves,
• Women who did not want to participate in the study were not included in the study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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120 participants in 2 patient groups

Providing emotional support during a caesarean section

Experimental group

Description:

Empathetic approach, listening to the feelings and thoughts, welcoming the woman's behavior and expressions, telling her that she is breathing correctly, etc.), not judging the woman, being honest, using a soft and calm tone of voice, taking the baby or asking her opinion, encouraging her to endure the birth process, touching the woman and making physical contact, allowing her to practice her beliefs, showing the baby to the mother as soon as it is born and placing it in her arms.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Emotional support group

Standard of care Group

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group did not receive any treatment. Only Visual Analog Scale, State Anxiety Inventory and Surgical Fear Scale were applied (pre-test, post-test)