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Physical SufferingNCT04656756

Determining the Severity of Physical Symptoms Displayed and Their Level of Perceived Readiness for Discharge After Birth

A study testing Personalized Care in people with Physical Suffering and Post Procedural Discharge, run by Aysegul Durmaz at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye).

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

H1a: There is a difference between the severity of physical symptoms displayed by puerperal women who received routine and personalized care during the early postpartum period. H1b: There is a difference between the levels of readiness for discharge among puerperal women who received routine and personalized care… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older, women onlyHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Physical Suffering, Post Procedural Discharge
What is being tested?
Personalized Care
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
113 participants
Where
1 siteTurkey (Türkiye)
Study dates
1 Feb 2019to 1 Dec 2019
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • Women only
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • To receive personalized care
  • To have vaginal birth
  • To have singleton birth
  • To be within the early postpartum period (the first 24 hours)
  • Not have complications childbirth
  • Not have chronic diseases or mental disorders
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  • Older than 18 years
  • To voluntary to participate
  • To know how to read, write and speak in Turkish
  • To stay within this study until the end
  • To fully complete questionnaire
  • To have a newborn with no complications
  • To have a healthy baby

Who cannot join

  • To receive routine care
  • To received theoretical training,
  • Not have vaginal birth
  • Having multiple birth
  • Not to be within the early postpartum period (the first 24 hours)
  • Having complications childbirth
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  • Having chronic diseases or mental disorders
  • Younger than 18 years
  • To refuse to participate
  • Not knowing how to read, write and speak Turkish
  • To leave early this study
  • Not fill the questionnaire
  • Having a newborn with complications
  • Having a baby in need of medical care

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Turkey (Türkiye)1 site
  • Kutahya Health Science University

    Kütahya, 43000

Other trials in Turkey (Türkiye)

About this study

Official title: Determining the Severity of Physical Symptoms Displayed by Mothers Receiving Personalized Care and Their Level of Perceived Readiness for Discharge After Birth

H1a: There is a difference between the severity of physical symptoms displayed by puerperal women who received routine and personalized care during the early postpartum period.

H1b: There is a difference between the levels of readiness for discharge among puerperal women who received routine and personalized care during the early postpartum period.

H0a: There is no difference between the severity of physical symptoms displayed by puerperal women who received routine and personalized care during the early postpartum period.

H0b: There is no difference between the levels of readiness for discharge among puerperal women who received routine and personalized care during the early postpartum period.

Read the detailed description

This single-blind randomized controlled trial was conducted between the February and December of 2019. The study was carried out at tertiary care hospital in Turkey. The population of this study consisted of the puerperal women who performed vaginal birth at the maternity unit of a hospital.

Considering the possibility that participants of the sample might be lost or abandon the study, 120 mothers who met the criteria of inclusion to experimental (E) (n=60) and control (C) (n=60) groups were included and assigned to both groups using the permuted block randomization method.The investigators randomly allocated the participants either to the intervention group (which received the personalized care), or to control group (which received the routine care). The mothers in the experimental group (60) were administered personalized care while those in the control group (60) were given the routine care.

The pre-test procedure was performed when the mothers' statuses were stabilized one hour after the admittance to the maternity service. The post-test procedure was conducted one hour before the discharge. Routine care was provided to the mothers in both groups. Routine care means the standard care service provided to mothers following the birth. The standard postpartum basic care components were determined based on the guides and protocols of the hospital. There are three core components of postpartum care regarding the routine care service.

The data were collected using the ''Personal Information Form'', ''Postpartum Physical Symptom Severity Scale'' and ''Perceived Readiness for Discharge After Birth Scale-Form for New Mothers (PRDABS-FNM)''.

Statistical analyses were performed using IBM SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) Statistics 22 software. Descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation, frequency and percentage values) were used to assess the results. Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was used to review the goodness of fit to normal distribution.

Being tested
Personalized Care
Keywords
Personalized care, Routine care, Postpartum care, Physical symptom, Discharge
Medical subject headings
Pain

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Personalized CareBehavioural

    A clinical and standardized workflow was created for both experimental and control groups. This standardized workflow: consisted of services which included the management of basic medications, routine care regarding the postpartum period, newborn care and health education. After the standardized clinic workflow was formed, a personalized care plan was developed for the experimental group. Each care procedure was shared with the participants in the experimental group. Moreover, all potential alternative care plans were presented to the participants.

Study groups in NCT04656756
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Experimental GroupExperimentalThe mothers in the experimental group (60) were administered.
Receives: Behavioral: Personalized Care
Control GroupNo interventionThe mothers in the control group (60) were given the routine care.

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Pre- Test Severity of Physical Symptoms

    Postpartum Physical Symptom Severity Scale; this 4-point Likert scale has 18 items aiming to determine the physical postpartum symptoms. The scale is scored as 0 (none), 1 (mild), 2 (moderate) and 3 (severe). The scale assesses the physical symptoms, such as perineum pain, insomnia, constipation, backpain, headache, hemorrhoid, arthralgia, numbness in hands and feet, vaginal discharge and infection, vaginal bleeding, urinary tract infections, dizziness, varicose vein in legs, urinary incontinence, feeling cold abnormally or coldness in hands and feet, and it evaluates the severity of these symptoms. The total scale score varies between 0 and 54. An increase in the score obtained from the scale indicates high severity of physical postpartum symptoms.

    Measured: 1 hour after the admittance to the maternity service

  2. Pre-Test Readiness for Discharge After Birth

    Perceived Readiness for Discharge After Birth Scale-Form for New Mothers (PRDABS-FNM); This is a scale assessing the readiness for discharge by mothers' perceptions. It consists of four subdimensions and 23 items. The first item is answered dichotomously (yes/no). The items between 2 and 23 are calculated through the Likert type points ranging from 0 to 10. The subdimensions consisted of 1. Care skills, 2. Expected support; 3. Strength and ability to cope; 4. Stress control and knowledge of accessing help. The lowest and highest scores are 0 and 220. High scores indicate women's readiness for discharge.

    Measured: 1 hour after the admittance to the maternity service

Secondary outcomes (2)
  1. Post-Test Severity of Physical Symptoms

    Postpartum Physical Symptom Severity Scale; this 4-point Likert scale has 18 items aiming to determine the physical postpartum symptoms. The scale is scored as 0 (none), 1 (mild), 2 (moderate) and 3 (severe). The scale assesses the physical symptoms, such as perineum pain, insomnia, constipation, backpain, headache, hemorrhoid, arthralgia, numbness in hands and feet, vaginal discharge and infection, vaginal bleeding, urinary tract infections, dizziness, varicose vein in legs, urinary incontinence, feeling cold abnormally or coldness in hands and feet, and it evaluates the severity of these symptoms. The total scale score varies between 0 and 54. An increase in the score obtained from the scale indicates high severity of physical postpartum symptoms.

    Measured: 1 hour before the discharge

  2. Post-Test Severity of Physical Symptoms

    Perceived Readiness for Discharge After Birth Scale-Form for New Mothers (PRDABS-FNM); This is a scale assessing the readiness for discharge by mothers' perceptions. It consists of four subdimensions and 23 items. The first item is answered dichotomously (yes/no). The items between 2 and 23 are calculated through the Likert type points ranging from 0 to 10. The subdimensions consisted of 1. Care skills, 2. Expected support; 3. Strength and ability to cope; 4. Stress control and knowledge of accessing help. The lowest and highest scores are 0 and 220. High scores indicate women's readiness for discharge.

    Measured: 1 hour before the discharge

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted7 Dec 2020
  2. Study start1 Feb 2019
  3. Primary completion1 Jul 2019
  4. Study completion1 Dec 2019

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Supportive care
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Model description
The study was conducted as a single blind, prospective, and simple randomized controlled trial. The sample was calculated through Power analysis. Consequently, the sample size calculated for α:0.05 and 1-β= 0.95 was 48.Considering the possibility that participants of the sample might be lost or abandon the study, 120 mothers who met the criteria of inclusion to experimental (E) (n=60) and control (C) (n=60) groups were included and assigned to both groups using the permuted block randomization method. The size and number of blocks divided into two groups as E and C was calculated as 20 (3E and 3C) with six mothers in each block. Using Microsoft Office Excel 2013, numbers ranging from 1 to 20 were randomly generated.A total of 120 mothers were evenly and homogeneously assigned to both groups.
Masking
Single blind
Who is masked
Participant
Enrolment
113 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04656756
Sponsor's protocol ID
Personalized Phy. Symp. Disc.
Status last verified
Dec 2020
First submitted
29 Nov 2020
Last updated
7 Dec 2020
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
Yes: all IPD that underlie results in a publication

Publications

  • Durmaz A, Komurcu N. Relationship Between Maternal Characteristics and Postpartum Hemorrhage: A Meta-Analysis Study. J Nurs Res. 2018 Oct;26(5):362-372. doi: 10.1097/jnr.0000000000000245.

    PubMed 29219937
  • Ceylan B, Eser I. Assessment of individualized nursing care in hospitalized patients in a university hospital in Turkey. J Nurs Manag. 2016 Oct;24(7):954-961. doi: 10.1111/jonm.12400. Epub 2016 Jun 14.

    PubMed 27297976
  • Chien LY, Tai CJ, Hwang FM, Huang CM. Postpartum physical symptoms and depressive symptomatology at 1 month and 1 year after delivery: a longitudinal questionnaire survey. Int J Nurs Stud. 2009 Sep;46(9):1201-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2009.02.007. Epub 2009 Mar 10.

    PubMed 19278680
  • Finlayson K, Crossland N, Bonet M, Downe S. What matters to women in the postnatal period: A meta-synthesis of qualitative studies. PLoS One. 2020 Apr 22;15(4):e0231415. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0231415. eCollection 2020.

    PubMed 32320424
  • Forster DA, McLachlan HL, Davey MA, Biro MA, Farrell T, Gold L, Flood M, Shafiei T, Waldenstrom U. Continuity of care by a primary midwife (caseload midwifery) increases women's satisfaction with antenatal, intrapartum and postpartum care: results from the COSMOS randomised controlled trial. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2016 Feb 3;16:28. doi: 10.1186/s12884-016-0798-y.

    PubMed 26841782
  • Jansson I, Pilhamar E, Forsberg A. Factors and conditions that have an impact in relation to the successful implementation and maintenance of individual care plans. Worldviews Evid Based Nurs. 2011 Jun;8(2):66-75. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-6787.2010.00195.x. Epub 2010 Jun 29.

    PubMed 20604910
  • Johansson M, Thies-Lagergren L, Wells MB. Mothers experiences in relation to a new Swedish postnatal home-based model of midwifery care-A cross-sectional study. Midwifery. 2019 Nov;78:140-149. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2019.07.010. Epub 2019 Jul 15.

    PubMed 31446229
  • Knier S, Stichler JF, Ferber L, Catterall K. Patients' perceptions of the quality of discharge teaching and readiness for discharge. Rehabil Nurs. 2015 Jan-Feb;40(1):30-9. doi: 10.1002/rnj.164. Epub 2014 Jun 24.

    PubMed 24962625
  • McCarter-Spaulding D, Shea S. Effectiveness of Discharge Education on Postpartum Depression. MCN Am J Matern Child Nurs. 2016 May-Jun;41(3):168-72. doi: 10.1097/NMC.0000000000000236.

    PubMed 27128643
  • ACOG Committee Opinion No. 736: Optimizing Postpartum Care. Obstet Gynecol. 2018 May;131(5):e140-e150. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000002633.

    PubMed 29683911
  • Nurhayati N, Songwathana P, Vachprasit R. Surgical patients' experiences of readiness for hospital discharge and perceived quality of discharge teaching in acute care hospitals. J Clin Nurs. 2019 May;28(9-10):1728-1736. doi: 10.1111/jocn.14764. Epub 2019 Feb 6.

    PubMed 30589480
  • Poochikian-Sarkissian S, Sidani S, Ferguson-Pare M, Doran D. Examining the relationship between patient-centred care and outcomes. Can J Neurosci Nurs. 2010;32(4):14-21.

    PubMed 21268489

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Personalized Care in people with Physical Suffering and Post Procedural Discharge, run by Aysegul Durmaz at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye).

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 13 inclusion and 14 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 7 Dec 2020. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye). Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Pre- Test Severity of Physical Symptoms (time frame: 1 hour after the admittance to the maternity service). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT04656756, which also lists 12 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 7 Dec 2020.

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