Alternative Birth Positions During the Second Stage

February 12, 2025 updated by: Mine Gokduman Keles, Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University

Midwifery Students' Experiences and Opinions on Alternative Birthing Positions in the Second Stage of Labor

Simulation training provided before clinical practice at many universities helps students feel confident and well prepared for the clinical environment. Simulation-based learning not only improves professional competence in midwifery educators but also equips and empowers midwifery students in practice. In undergraduate midwifery education, students are provided obstetric skills training on electronic fetal monitoring (EFM), delivery management, shoulder dystocia, postpartum hemorrhage, breech delivery, umbilical cord prolapse and perineal repair (incision and episiotomy). It has been determined that simulation-based training positively affects the perceived readiness of the participants. It is emphasized that health personnel should be encouraged to freely choose birth positions and be informed about the risks and benefits of upright and supine positions. This study will be conducted to evaluate the effect of midwifery students' use of alternative birth positions in the second stage of labor on students' anxiety, self-efficacy, skill and knowledge levels.

Study Overview

Status

Not yet recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

60

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Continuing their third year in the 2024-2025 Spring semester,
  • Students who have passed the normal birth management course

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Students who fail the normal birth management course

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Control Group
Behavioral: alternative birthing positions
In this stage, students will be given a simulated breech birth with alternative birth positions as opposed to the traditional position in the second stage of labor.
Other: INTERVENTION 1
Behavioral: alternative birthing positions
In this stage, students will be given a simulated breech birth with alternative birth positions as opposed to the traditional position in the second stage of labor.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Childbirth Skills Self-Efficacy Scale
Time Frame: 1 HOUR
1 HOUR

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Estimated)

February 20, 2025

Primary Completion (Estimated)

March 30, 2025

Study Completion (Estimated)

March 30, 2025

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 12, 2025

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 12, 2025

First Posted (Actual)

March 25, 2025

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 25, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 12, 2025

Last Verified

February 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • MAKÜ Unive

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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