Evaluation of The Fear of Childbirth

Evaluation of The Fear of Childbirth in Pregnant Women Who Are In The Antenatal Polyclinic: The Sample of Turkey

Most pregnant women have fear of labor. The reasons of fear of labor are different according to women. The investigators will examine the relationship between the descriptive features and level of fear of labor of pregnant women by using the Oxford worries about labour scale

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Fear of Childbirth
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Survey Research

Detailed Description

The investigators will give a survey to pregnant women who go to the antenatal polyclinic. The survey is consisted by researchers. The survey has a few questions about pregnant women's descriptive features. Next the investigators will evaluate the level of fear of labor of pregnant women. After the investigators will analyze the relationship between pregnant women's fear and their descriptive features.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 500

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Çankaya
    • Ankara, Çankaya, Turkey
      • Ankara City Hospital- Maternity Hospital

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 35 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: Female

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

they are healthy pregnant women who are 18-35 years old. they do not have any obstetrical complications. they go to the antenatal polyclinic.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• all of volunteers and pregnant women who are 18-35 years old.

Exclusion Criteria:

• the pregnant women have any obstetrical complications.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Observational Models: Other
• Time Perspectives: Prospective

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
The Oxford Worries About Labour Scale	This scale measures the level of fear of childbirth. The scale has ten questions which has four answers as Likert Scale. Also the scale has 40-100 points. As the point decreases the fear score increases.	approximately 30 minutes, waiting in the antenatal polyclinic.

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Ankara City Hospital Bilkent
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Nükhet Kaçar, MSc., Ankara City Hospital- Maternity Hospital

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): September 15, 2021
• Primary Completion (Actual): January 15, 2022
• Study Completion (Actual): March 15, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: November 12, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 12, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): November 23, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): July 27, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 26, 2022
• Last Verified: July 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: fear; Pregnant Women; midwifery; Parturition
• Other Study ID Numbers: AnkaraCHBilkent-MH-NK-02

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