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Ultrashort Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Tokophobia- A Prospective Randomized Single Blinded Controlled Trial

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Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Specific Phobia

Treatments

Behavioral: CBT
Other: Sham

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02972112
TASMC-16-GA-0155-CTIL

Details and patient eligibility

About

Women in their 3rd trimester, represent a unique segment of the tokophobic population. In these cases help is needed within a very short and limited period of time. To date, no specific treatment targets this population in order to ameliorate the anxiety and to provide these women and their newborns with better obstetric and psychiatric outcomes. The present study investigates an accessible individual two session intervention conducted by midwives skilled in CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy) . This intervention is designed to enable stronger emotional regulation and increase of their capacity to accept unexpected changes during labor and feelings of control. The investigators expect this psychological adjustment to lead to a better course of delivery, less interventions including caesarian sections, and subjective birth experience.

Enrollment

100 estimated patients

Sex

Female

Ages

18 to 45 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  1. Hebrew speaking pregnant women week 32 + 0 to 37 + 0
  2. fulfilling the criteria for a specific phobia diagnosed by SCID (Structured Clinical Interview for the Diagnostic) in accordance with DSM-V (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual) and the Fear of Vaginal Delivery Questionnaire (FDQ).

Exclusion criteria

  1. Women who suffer from a psychotic disorder, PTSD or suicidal ideation
  2. High risk pregnancies
  3. Alcoholism or drug abuse and dependence.

Trial design

Primary purpose

Diagnostic

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Triple Blind

100 participants in 2 patient groups

Study group
Active Comparator group
Description:
will receive 2 sessions of 90 minutes each of a cognitive behavioral protocol for the treatment of Tokophobia administered by a CBT trained midwife.
Treatment:
Behavioral: CBT
Control group
Sham Comparator group
Description:
will receive 2 sessions of a delivery preparation course (practice as usual).
Treatment:
Other: Sham

Trial contacts and locations

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Central trial contact

Gabi Aisenberg Romano, PhD

Data sourced from clinicaltrials.gov

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