the Effect of Instructional Method on Decision Making

Mashhad University of Medical Sciences

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 3; Phase 2

Conditions: Pregnancy

Treatments: Other: role play; Other: lecture

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01936610

educational

Details and patient eligibility

About

In these single- blind clinical trial 67 primigravida females, gestational aged 34-36 week were selected using multi-stage sampling and assigned into two groups randomly. Decision-making (before, two weeks after and at admission in maternity department) was tested by a researcher -made questionnaire. In experiment group, advantages and disadvantages of normal delivery and cesarean-section delivery were presented by role-playing in three 90-min scenarios. It was also presented in a 90-min lecture. Data were analyzed using SPSS by mean difference test, exact fisher test, independent t-test and paired t-test.

Enrollment: 67 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 20 to 28 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

primipara , single pregnancy , gestational age of 34-36 weeks ,age of 18-35 years old, no history of infertility, no indication for cesarean section, no passing educational course for delivery methods

Exclusion criteria

medical condition in pregnant woman, diagnosis of abnormal fetus / no possibility for delivery fetus by sonography, abnormal volume of amniotic fluid or placenta

Trial design

67 participants in 2 patient groups

role play

Experimental group

Description:

In this method, researcher with two other co-researchers played 3 scenarios in 7 steps (for each scenario)including warm up, selecting participant, preparing the scene, preparing observers, play ,discussion and evaluation and generalization to education about advantages and disadvantages of normal delivery and cesarean section .

Treatment:

Other: role play

lecture

Experimental group

Description:

describe the advantages and disadvantages of normal delivery and cesarian section

Treatment:

Other: lecture