Motivational Interview in Primiparous Pregnants With Low Belief in Normal Birth

The Effect of Motivational Interviews of Primiparous Pregnants With Low Belief in Normal Birth on Medical and Natural Birth Beliefs

This study aims to determine the effect of motivational interviews made with primiparous pregnant women with low belief in normal birth on medical and natural birth belief. This randomized controlled study was conducted in a randomized controlled manner with a total of 148 pregnant women who applied to the obstetrics outpatient clinic of a hospital in eastern Turkey (74 trials, 74 controls). In the study, a total of four sessions of motivational interviews were conducted with the primiparous pregnant women in the experimental group, one week apart. No intervention was applied to the women in the control group. Research data Personal Information Form, Belief Scale for Normal Delivery (BSND) and Birth Beliefs (Natural and medical birth belief) Scale (BBS) were used. Descriptive statistics, Pearson's chi-square test, and dependent and independent t-test were used to analyze the data.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Having a low level of belief and tendency towards normal birth according to the Normal Birth Belief Scale (between 24-56 points),
• Primiparous pregnant,
• According to the calculations made by USG of the pregnant women who do not know the last menstruation date or the last menstruation date, 24-36 days of pregnancy. in the week,
• Pregnant women who volunteered were included in the sample of the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Premature birth,
• Having any risk diagnosed during pregnancy (such as preeclampsia, diabetes, heart disease, placenta previa, oligohydramnios),
• Contraindications for normal vaginal delivery
• Developing cesarean indication,
• Not completing MG sessions,
• Pregnant women with deficiencies or errors in any of the forms in which the data were obtained were excluded from the sample.