The Effectiveness of The Training Program Given to Midwives and Nurses to Prevent Obstetric Violence

Inonu University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Counseling

Treatments: Behavioral: obstetric violence prevention education intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05582486

2020-1235

Details and patient eligibility

About

In the study, 84 midwives and nurses working in hospital delivery and puerperal services and family health centers in Adiyaman province constituted the experimental group, and the control group of 84 midwives and nurses working in the delivery room and postpartum services of hospital Child and Gynecology Hospital in Malatya and family health centers', determined by randomization in the study. While the training program for the prevention of obstetric violence consisting of 16 sessions was applied by the researcher to the midwives and nurses in the experimental group, no intervention was applied to the midwives and nurses in the control group. The second phase of the study was conducted with women who received care from the hospital delivery and postpartum services and family health centers in Adiyaman province before and after the training program applied to the midwives and nurses in the experimental group (158 women before the training, 158 after the training). Data were collected with Introductory Information Forms, Caring Behaviors Inventory-30, Communication Skills Scale and Care Satisfaction Evaluation Form.

Full description

The research was conducted between November 2020 and December 2021. In the study, 84 midwives and nurses working in hospital delivery and puerperal services and family health centers in Adiyaman province constituted the experimental group, and the control group of 84 midwives and nurses working in the delivery room and postpartum services of hospital Child and Gynecology Hospital in Malatya and family health centers', determined by randomization in the study. While the training program for the prevention of obstetric violence consisting of 16 sessions was applied by the researcher to the midwives and nurses in the experimental group, no intervention was applied to the midwives and nurses in the control group. The second phase of the study was conducted with women who received care from the hospital delivery and postpartum services and family health centers in Adiyaman province before and after the training program applied to the midwives and nurses in the experimental group (158 women before the training, 158 after the training). Data were collected with Introductory Information Forms, Caring Behaviors Inventory-30, Communication Skills Scale and Care Satisfaction Evaluation Form.

Enrollment: 484 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18 years and over,
• Those who do not have any problems during pregnancy, birth and postpartum period (such as heart disease, preeclampsia, diabetes, difficult birth, fetal anomaly),
• No psychological health problems according to medical records,
• Those who are open to communication and cooperation.

Exclusion criteria

• Not meeting the inclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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484 participants in 2 patient groups

obstetric violence prevention education intervention

Experimental group

Description:

The training program for the prevention of obstetric violence was given to the midwives and nurses in the experimental group by the researcher in the form of group training in the training hall of the relevant institution. The trainings were completed in a total of 16 sessions, two sessions a day and four sessions a week. Sessions were held between 16:00 and 18:00 on weekdays, each lasting approximately 40-45 minutes, with a 10-minute break between sessions. Thus, the training program applied to the experimental group was completed in 4 weeks. The main purpose of the training program is to prevent obstetric violence perpetrated by midwives and nurses. The training content created for this purpose included the definition of obstetric violence, pregnant and fetus rights, factors causing obstetric violence and strategies to be used to reduce obstetric violence. Other Names: • group-ED

Treatment:

Behavioral: obstetric violence prevention education intervention

Standard of care

Experimental group

Description:

Midwives and nurses in this group did not perform any practice. . group- SB

Treatment:

Behavioral: obstetric violence prevention education intervention