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2024-10-26 @ 3:38 PM
Last Modification Date:
2024-10-26 @ 3:38 PM
Study NCT ID:
NCT06558162
Status:
RECRUITING
Last Update Posted:
None
First Post:
2024-08-14
Brief Title:
The Effect of Two Different Self-Assessment Methods for Fetal Movement Monitoring on Maternal Psychosocial Status
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None
Organization:
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Study Overview
Official Title:
The Effect of Two Different Self-Assessment Methods for Fetal Movement Monitoring on Maternal Psychosocial Status
Status:
RECRUITING
Status Verified Date:
2024-08
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
No
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N/A
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N/A
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Brief Summary:
Antenatal care is essential for a successful delivery a healthy baby and a happy mother The main aim of antenatal care is to take appropriate interventions to assess protect and improve maternal and fetal health during pregnancy There are many methods to assess fetal health during pregnancy such as ultrasonography USG and non stress test NST Along with these methods maternal perception and counting of fetal movements is the only method that can be easily used by the mother without the need for clinicians or equipment When a pregnant woman begins to feel fetal movements it is one of the first signs of fetal life and is considered an indicator of fetal well-being Decrease or absence of fetal movements has been stated to be an important parameter in the assessment of fetal health and may be associated with the risk of intrauterine fetal death Therefore feeling and counting of fetal movements is the basis for the assessment of fetal health
Detailed Description:
Two methods are recommended for the identification of fetal movements These are the Cardiff method and the Sadovsky method In the assessment of fetal health not only the number of movements per unit of time is important but also the strength and nature of these movements To take this into account in 2012 Radestad introduced another method of observing the character of the movement called Mindfetalness The method is based on women who develop maternal awareness of the health of the foetus and note the quality of the perceived movements The method requires the mother to lie on her left side while her baby is awake and focus for 15 minutes on exactly how the baby is moving taking into account the strength type and frequency of movement However the number of fetal movements is not counted during this time period This method which helps women to note fetal movements in order to minimise andor eliminate adverse birth outcomes is also reported to cause unnecessary stress to the mother as with other methodsAlthough there are studies reporting that counting fetal movements contributes to maternal attachment by increasing the possibility of connecting with the unborn baby there are also studies that found no difference in maternal-fetal attachment scores However it is thought that focusing on the quality rather than the quantity of movements will increase the opportunity to connect with the fetus
There is no previous comparison in the literature between a self-assessment method that focuses on qualitative variables and a counting method to measure fetal movements Although there is one study that used both methods this study did not differentiate between experimental and control groups but used the crossover method and tested both methods on the same pregnant women Therefore our study was planned to determine the effect of fetal movement counting with two different self-assessment methods on prenatal attachment and psychosocial status
There is no previous comparison in the literature between a self-assessment method that focuses on qualitative variables and a counting method to measure fetal movements Although there is one study that used both methods this study did not differentiate between experimental and control groups but used the crossover method and tested both methods on the same pregnant women Therefore our study was planned to determine the effect of fetal movement counting with two different self-assessment methods on prenatal attachment and psychosocial status
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