Impacts of Online and Group Perinatal Education

Impacts of Online and Group Perinatal Education: Towards and Optimization of Services

This project aims to evaluate the impacts of group prenatal education and online prenatal education on health determinants and users' health status.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Pregnant Women and Partners
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Prenatal education

Detailed Description

Prenatal education is a core component of perinatal care and services provided by health institutions. Whereas group prenatal education is the most common educational model, some health institutions have opted to implement online prenatal education to address accessibility issues as well as the evolving needs of future parents. This prospective cohort study aims to evaluate the impacts of group prenatal education and online prenatal education on health determinants and the perinatal health status of parents. It is part of a larger multipronged study using mixed methods.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 1208

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Canada
  • Québec, Canada, G1L3L5
    • CHU de Québec

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Pregnant women and partners.

Recruitment methods :

• By the research team in hospital waiting rooms, before ultrasound appointments
• By health professionals in community centers during routine appointments
• Posters with the team's contact information
• Registration using advertisements on Facebook

Description

Inclusion Criteria for pregnant women:

• 10-20 weeks of pregnancy
• Living within the targeted geographic territories
• Fluent in French
• Have not given birth previously

Inclusion criteria for partners:

• Partner of pregnant women between 10 and 20 weeks of pregnancy
• Living within the targeted geographic territories
• Fluent in French

Exclusion Criteria:

• Men and women not fulfilling inclusion criteria

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

3

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
Group prenatal education; Prenatal education delivered in-person by health and social services centers	Other: Prenatal education; Observational study : natural distribution of participants between groups
Online prenatal education; Online prenatal education provided or recommended by health and social services centers	Other: Prenatal education; Observational study : natural distribution of participants between groups
Control group; Absence of prenatal education

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change from Baseline Perinatal Knowledge	Measured with an adapted version of the Health Pregnancies Knowledge Survey	10-20 weeks of pregnancy; 33 weeks of pregnancy

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change from Baseline Psychological Distress	Measured with a validated French version of the 12-item General Health Questionnaire	10-20 weeks of pregnancy; 33 weeks of pregnancy; 6 weeks after child birth
Change from Baseline Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy	Assessed with a French version of the Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale Short-Form	10-20 weeks of pregnancy; 33 weeks of pregnancy; 6 weeks after child birth
Change from Baseline Anxiety	Assessed with a validated French version of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory	10-20 weeks of pregnancy; 33 weeks of pregnancy; 6 weeks after child birth
Change from Baseline Self-Efficacy in the Parenting Role	Assessed with a French version of the Parent Expectations Survey	10-20 weeks of pregnancy; 33 weeks of pregnancy; 6 weeks after child birth
Change from Baseline Depression	Assessed with a French version of the Parent Expectations Survey	10-20 weeks of pregnancy; 33 weeks of pregnancy; 6 weeks after child birth
Concern about Labour and Birth	Assessed with a French version of the Oxford Worries about Labour Scale	6 weeks after child birth
Control during Childbirth	Assessed with a French version of the Labour Agentry Scale	6 weeks after child birth
Personal Control in Pain Relief during Childbirth	Assessed with a French version of the Personal Control in Pain Relief Scale	6 weeks after child birth
Birth Weight	Self-reported by parents	6 weeks after child birth
Personal experience of the COVID-19 crisis and its influence on the use of prenatal education and information services.	Measured by an in-house questionnaire put together by experts in perinatal care research and in the study of natural disasters and mental health.	33 weeks of pregnancy; 6 weeks after child birth

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval
• Collaborators: Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du Québec

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): June 18, 2018
• Primary Completion (Actual): September 29, 2020
• Study Completion (Actual): September 29, 2020

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: February 16, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 7, 2018
• First Posted (Actual): March 14, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 31, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 16, 2022
• Last Verified: March 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: PHE-148163

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No