The Effect of Exposure to an Informative Video About Amniocentesis Before the Procedure on Maternal Anxiety

Wolfson Medical Center (WMC)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pregnancy Related; Anxiety in Pregnancy; Amniocentesis Affecting Fetus or Newborn

Treatments: Other: Informative video

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05463549

0169-21-WOMC

Details and patient eligibility

About

The effect of exposure to an informative video about amniocentesis before the procedure on maternal anxiety

Full description

Amniocentesis is a common sonography-guided procedure that is usually preformed during the second trimester of pregnancy in order to obtain neonatal genetic information. Previous studies have shown that although the risk of a major complication is small, many women experience profound anxiety regarding the procedure.

Many stress-relieving techniques have been proposed and studied concerning stress-related interventions during pregnancy. However, the use of an informative video that is a simple, accessible, widely accepted tool has not been tested in the context of amniocentesis. In this interventional study the investigators aim to examine the effect of an informative pre-procedural video on anxiety and pain levels in women undergoing amniocentesis.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Women who come for amniocentesis in the Edith Wolfson Medical Center
• Women who sign a consent form to enroll to the study.

Exclusion criteria

• Women under 18 years of age.
• Women who do not speak Hebrew

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

Informative video

Experimental group

Description:

The research group will be exposed to an informative instructional film before the procedure.

Treatment:

Other: Informative video

No video

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group will undergo amniocentesis with information given as accepted by standard-of-care.