The effect of midwife-led counseling on fear of childbirth in fathers

The effect of midwifery counseling on fear of childbirth in fathers

This study is a randomized controlled clinical trial with a blinded strain. Research community:Fathers with a pregnant spouse of 24-27 weeks covered by selected health care centers or family physician sites and earn a severe and higher score based on the Fear of Childbirth Scale that designed in Iranian fathers. Randomization: Randomized block assignment (using computer software and quadruple block selection) will be divided into two groups of 25 members, intervention and control groups.

Sampling will be done at health center in Sari. In the intervention group, the counseling program on the Skyroom has been able to. The control group will receive an individual training session after completing the last post-test questionnaire.

Inclusion criteria: Pregnancy age of 24-27 weeks in spouse-Reading and writing literacy-Intense score of fear of childbirth-Consent to participate in the research Exclusion criteria:Suffering from depression, anxiety and stress-Participate in any educational and counseling programs related to pregnancy-Use of psychiatric drugs-History of hospitalization in the psychiatric ward

Intervention group: Six 60-90 minute sessions (two sessions a week) in group of 25 people on the Skyroom, by a master's degree student in counseling of midwifery under the supervision of the research team. Interventions: Includes providing information on pregnancy and childbirth, Empowering fathers to deal with irrational thoughts, Attempts to explain the origin of fear of childbirth, Problem Solving and Relaxation Control group: They will receive one individual training session after completing the last post-test questionnaire.

Fear of childbirth

Due to the outbreak of Covid disease and the subsequent ban on crowds, the intervention changed from face-to-face classes to virtual classes in the Skyroom space. According to the research team, following the change in the form of intervention, the number of sessions, the time of intervention and the number of people in each group also changed.

Randomization will be done as a randomized block assignment. In this method, given that there are two intervention and control groups, quad blocking will be employed, in which each block will be two in the intervention group and two in the control group. Then the software will give us the different modes that these four people can come together. For example, the first two people who enter the study may both fall into the intervention group either fall into the control group or the first into the control group and the second into the intervention group or the first person in the intervention group and the second in the control group. Thus, based on the software output, these 50 individuals will be assigned to one of the intervention or control groups.