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Effectiveness of Virtual Nature-based Intervention During First Stage of Labour

NCT05436015 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2024-01-24

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Summary

Rationale: The birth environment effects on childbirth experience and feelings of security of birthing women. Fear of Childbirth (FOB) is experienced by 6-10% of women in Finland and FOB predicts postpartum depression. Real or artificial views of nature have several positive health effects including reduction of anxiety and stress. Feasible and cost-effective nature-based intervention is being studied in this pilot RCT.

Objectives: To develop a virtual nature-based intervention for the delivery ward and to assess its feasibility and effectiveness. The study assesses how the nature-based intervention carried out during the first stage of labour affects the anxiety, fear, stress, pain and childbirth experience of birthing women. The aim is to provide evidence-based information on the feasibility and effectiveness of this intervention.

Methods: Sixty women will be randomized into two groups: Nature-based intervention group and control group. All participants will have assessments during first stage of labour in nature-based intervention group before and after intervention and in control group at the same time without intervention. In both groups also 2-6 hours after childbirth, 2 days after childbirth and 2 weeks after childbirth.

Conditions

  • Anxiety
  • Fear of Childbirth
  • Stress
  • Pain
  • Childbirth Experience

Interventions

OTHER

Virtual nature-based intervention

Virtual nature-based intervention is video with Finnish naturepictures and naturesounds shown from a 75" vertical screen monitor

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Oulu University Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Oulu

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Eila Suvanto · Responsible investigator

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-03-01
Primary Completion
2024-04-30
Completion
2024-12-31

Countries

  • Finland

Study Locations

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Diseases

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