The Effect of Education and Counseling on Women's Quality of Life and Traditional Practices in the Postpartum Period

Summary

Introduction: The postpartum period is very important and is a suitable period for women to gain healthy lifestyle behaviors. Studies in the literature show that women with high quality of life have a more comfortable postpartum period. If the needs of women are not met in the postpartum period, there may be an increase in traditional practices for mothers. For this reason, postpartum education is very important for maternal health. Various ways can be used to provide education to mothers. With the development of technology, education given over mobile applications has often found a place in studies. The face-to-face education format, on the other hand, remains up-to-date. It is not known for certain which form of education is superior to the other. Testing the superiority of these two training methods to each other will eliminate the question marks in this area.

Purpose: To determine the effectiveness of WhatsApp-based and face-to-face nursing education and counseling given in the postpartum period on mothers' quality of life and traditional practices.

Method: The experimentally planned study will consist of three groups including WhatsApp, face-to-face and control group. The universe of the research will be composed of women hospitalized in Sivas Numune Hospital Aseptic Service. A total of 180 people will be taken into the sample of the research, 60 of which are in the WhatsApp experimental group, 60 in the face-to-face experimental group and 60 in the control group. Training videos for the postpartum period will be sent to the WhatsApp experimental group via WhatsApp. Face-to-face training will be given to the women in the face-to-face experimental group by the researcher, and the handbook containing the training content will be distributed to the women. Women in both experimental groups will be supported by providing counseling over the phone (message, meeting if needed). No attempt will be made to the control group. The participant introduction form and the Turkish version of the world health organization quality of life scale (WHOQOL-BREF-TR) will be used to evaluate the data of the study. The data will be evaluated with the SPSS 28 program.

Conditions

• Postpartum Period

Interventions

OTHER

WhatsApp Group

Each of the women will be informed about the purpose and content of the study at the first meeting, and informed consent will be obtained from the women who meet the conditions for participation and agree to participate. The pre-test data in the research will be obtained with the Participant Identification Form and WHOQOL-BREF-TR Trainings will be sent to the women in the WhatsApp experimental group in the form of videos via the WhatsApp application. The videos will be prepared with the researchers' own voice and image. Each training video will be sent for 15-30 minutes (in the form of short videos, if necessary, divided into parts). At the end of the 2nd and 6th months, the final test data will be obtained by completing the Participant Identification Form and WHOQOL-BREF-TR

OTHER

Face-to-face Group

Each of the women will be informed about the purpose and content of the study at the first meeting, and informed consent will be obtained from the women who meet the conditions for participation and agree to participate. The pre-test data in the research will be obtained with the Participant Identification Form and WHOQOL-BREF-TR The trainings will be given to the women in the experimental group face-to-face by the researchers in the form of 15-30 minutes of training in their own home environment. At the end of the 2nd and 6th months, the final test data will be obtained by completing the Participant Identification Form and WHOQOL-BREF-TR

OTHER

Control Group

Each of the women will be informed about the purpose and content of the study at the first meeting, and informed consent will be obtained from the women who meet the conditions for participation and agree to participate. The pre-test data in the research will be obtained with the Participant Identification Form and WHOQOL-BREF-TR No intervention will be applied to the mothers in the control group. The end of the 2nd and 6th months, the final test data will be obtained by completing the Participant Identification Form and WHOQOL-BREF-TR

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Inonu University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• GAMZE DERMAN · Inonu University

• SERMİN TİMUR TAŞHAN, Professor · Inonu University

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

SINGLE

Model

SEQUENTIAL

Eligibility

Min Age

19 Years

Max Age

45 Years

Sex

FEMALE

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2023-03-01

Primary Completion

2023-05-27

Completion

2023-12-24

Countries

• Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations