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Evaluating the Effect of Hugging and Praying on Traumatic Birth Perception, Birth Pain, and Birth Anxiety

NCT07299136 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 164

Last updated 2026-04-22

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Summary

Pregnant women participating in our study will receive the intervention (hugging, praying, and hugging + praying) from the researcher or a relative as often as they wish during labor and contractions. These sessions will be administered during each stage of labor, taking into account when the pregnant woman is ready to begin the intervention.

Conditions

  • The Effect of Hugging and Praying on Traumatic Birth Perception, Pain, and Anxiety

Interventions

OTHER

Hugging group,

For the hugging group, hugging sessions will be provided whenever the pregnant woman desires and during contractions, if she wishes, by a close relative (husband, mother, sister, etc.) or midwife. The pregnant woman can be hugged for as long as she wants or for 5-10 minutes.

OTHER

Prayer group

For the prayer group, whenever the pregnant woman wishes, or during contractions if she wishes, a close relative (husband, mother, sister, etc.) or midwife will recite a prayer of the pregnant woman's choice, if she has one; if she does not have a preferred prayer, the first 5 verses of Surah Al-Inshiqaq will be recited: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful 1. When the sky is split asunder, 2. And obeys the command of its Lord, 3. When the earth is stretched out flat, 4. And casts forth what is within it, 5. And obeys the command of its Lord, every person will be confronted with what they have done! To be recited together

OTHER

Hugging and Praying group

The Hugging and Praying group will perform both hugging and praying together with the woman.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Agri Ibrahim Cecen University

    collaborator OTHER

  • NURTEN ÖZÇALKAP

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Nurten Özçalkap · AĞRI İBRAHİM ÇEÇEN UNIVERSTY

  • SİBEL YÜCETÜRK, Asist. Prof. · SİNOP UNIVERSTY

  • AYŞE Çuvadar, Assot Prof. · KARABUK UNIVERTY

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-04-01
Primary Completion
2025-07-30
Completion
2025-11-30

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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