Therapeutic Touch on Labour Pain, Anxiety and Childbirth Attitude (touch)

Cumhuriyet University

Status: Completed

Conditions: First Pregnancy; Vaginal Delivery

Treatments: Other: Therapeutic touch

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04543487

TR SIVAS01

Details and patient eligibility

About

Introduction: Touching ensures physical, emotional and spiritual relaxation, confidence, peace, calmness and well-being, and increases self-esteem. The aim of this study is to determine the effect of therapeutic touch on labour pain, anxiety and childbirth attitude.

Methods: The sample of this randomized controlled experimental research consisted of 80 (intervention group: 40; control group: 40) women. Data were collected using a Personal Information Form, Visual Analogue Scale, State Anxiety Inventory and Childbirth Attitudes Questionnaire.

Enrollment: 80 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 19 to 41 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Having a first pregnancy
• Not having a high-risk pregnancy
• Having no health problems with the baby or herself
• Having a single foetus
• Being about to have a vaginal delivery
• Not receiving infertility treatment
• Not having a chronic physical or psychiatric diagnosis
• Agreeing to participate in the research

Exclusion criterion

-Multiparity

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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80 participants in 1 patient group

Control Group

Experimental group

Description:

Group name

Treatment:

Other: Therapeutic touch