The Effect of Rebozo Technique on Perceived Support and Control in Childbirth

The Effect of Rebozo Technique on Perceived Support and Control in Childbirth

This study was designed as a randomized controlled, 2-group, experimental study to measure the levels of perceived birth support and control between women with and without rebozo technique.

Objective: This study was conducted to measure the perceived support during labor and the level of control over their own labor in pregnant women who underwent rebozo technique.

Method: The study was conducted in a randomized controlled experimental design between September and December 2024. The population of the study consisted of 44 primiparous pregnant women admitted to a district state hospital for delivery. The sample size was calculated and the study was conducted with 44 pregnant women (experiment: 22, control: 22). While rebozo technique was applied to the experimental group during the trauma process, routine midwifery care was applied to the control group. Introductory Information Form, Perceived Support and Control Scale in Childbirth were used to collect data in the study.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Volunteering to participate in the research,
• Don't speak Turkish,
• Being literate,
• Having a low-risk pregnancy,
• Primiparous pregnancy

Exclusion Criteria:

• Being out of position
• Having a high-risk pregnancy (vaginal bleeding, no hypertension, etc.),
• Dilatation below 4 cm and above 6 cm,
• Initiation of labor induction,
• Having received childbirth preparation training,
• Absence of a birth attendant in trauma,