Confident Birthing: What Influences Women's Confidence for Birth?

Sponsor

University of Southampton (Other)

Overall Status

Completed

CT.gov ID

NCT03141320

Collaborator

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Other)

Enrollment

Actual Duration (Months)

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

This is a grounded theory study aiming to understand women's perception of what influences their confidence for birth during labour and birth. Data is being collected using interviews and social media sources.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Pregnancy Labour Birth Psychosocial Wellbeing Woman's Health	Other: Interview/observation of social media comments

Detailed Description

This study aims to help women have a better birth experience, by trying to understand what a 'confident birth' means to women during pregnancy and labour. Results from a recent service evaluation at a local NHS Trust, exploring a new programme designed to enhance women's birth experience, highlighted the importance of understanding women's confidence for birth. A significant number of pregnant women that attended the course (19.5%) felt 'not at all confident' for birth. The service evaluation results also suggested that confidence for birth is an important influence of enhancing birth experience.

There is some research that suggests that if women's confidence for birth can be improved, then she may be less fearful of birth and have experience less labour pain. However, very little is known about what women consider to be a 'confident birth' and who or what they feel influences their confidence. If maternity services are able to understand this, this could possibly lead to the development of tools and strategies to help women to feel more confident for giving birth.

This is a qualitative study that involves two methods of data collection: interviews and social media. Women that are pregnant or have recently given birth will be interviewed to explore who or what they feel has influenced their confidence for birth. The interviews will last for about one and a half hours. The location for interview is flexible and women can be interviewed in their own home. In addition to this, approximately 500 messages posted on a large UK parenting website about confidence for birth will also be analysed.

Study Design

Study Type:

Observational

Actual Enrollment :

24 participants

Observational Model:

Cohort

Time Perspective:

Retrospective

Official Title:

Confident Birthing: A Qualitative Study Exploring the Influences on Women's Confidence for Birth During Pregnancy and Labour

Actual Study Start Date :

Feb 1, 2016

Actual Primary Completion Date :

Aug 31, 2017

Actual Study Completion Date :

Aug 31, 2017

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Semi-structured interviews [1 year]

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

18 Years and Older

Sexes Eligible for Study:

Female

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

given birth within the last two years or are pregnant
consider themselves well enough to take part in the study
have received maternity care from specific NHS Trust

Exclusion Criteria:

under 18 years old
have not received maternity care from specific NHS Trust

Contacts and Locations

Locations

No locations specified.

Sponsors and Collaborators

University of Southampton
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

Responsible Party:

University of Southampton

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT03141320

Other Study ID Numbers:

20007

First Posted:

May 5, 2017

Last Update Posted:

Nov 14, 2018

Last Verified:

Nov 1, 2018

Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:

Plan to Share IPD:

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Nov 14, 2018