Impact of Midwife-led Supportive Educational Intervention on Perinatal Outcome among Fearful Primipara Mothers

Abstract

The aim of the study was to develop and assess the effect of supportive-educational intervention on perinatal outcome among primipara mothers with a fear of childbirth. This randomized controlled trial was conducted on 205 primipara mothers with a fear of childbirth attending a Gynae OPD. At 24-28 weeks of pregnancy primipara mothers were screened for fear of childbirth WDEQ-A and then randomly allocated to experimental and control group. Within one week of delivery perinatal outcome was assessed with help of self-made checklist. After the interventions, there were signi cant differences between groups on post-intervention scores for term of delivery and newborn birth weight at p<0.001. Based on the results of the study it can be concluded that supportive educational intervention was effective in primipara mothers for positive birth outcome.