NCT03883529

Reviewing Birth Experience With a Known Midwife

Completed NA Last updated 10 November 2022

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Writing about and reviewing birth experience in Childbirth in 30 participants. Completed in 31 October 2022.

Timeline

10 November 2018

Primary endpoint
30 June 2019

31 October 2022

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	University of Iceland
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	na
Design	single group
Masking	none
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	30
Start date	10 November 2018
Primary completion	30 June 2019
Estimated completion	31 October 2022
Sites	1 location across Iceland

Drugs / interventions tested

• Writing about and reviewing birth experience

Conditions studied

• Childbirth — all drugs for Childbirth →

Sponsor

University of Iceland

Who can join

18 and older, female only, with Childbirth. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

The study is a part of a PhD thesis. The study aims to develop a specific midwifery intervention consisting of two components; women writing about the birth experience and reviewing their experience with a known midwife. Women´s birth experience has received research attention worldwide, showing a prevalence of negative birth experience ranging from 5-34%. Considerable knowledge of predictors and impacts of negative birth experience exists, but less is known about effective interventions although women report that reviewing birth experiences is beneficial. Six to eight midwives, providing antenatal care at the high-risk maternity clinic at Landspitali University Hospital, provide the intervention after completing a special training program. Thirty women who had their antenatal care provided at the clinic, after 28 weeks of pregnancy, will be invited to write about their birth experience and review it with the midwife who provided their antenatal care, four to six weeks after birth. The study is based on a mixed method design where quantitative and qualitative data will be collected. Data including traumatic symptoms, birth outcomes, birth experience and experience of the intervention, will be collected from women before the intervention and then six weeks later. The participating midwives´ diaries and focus group interviews will be used to explore their experience of providing the intervention. Descriptive and thematic analysis will be used.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.