Three groups consisted of two intervention groups ( each) and a control group ()
Education based on theory of planned behavior in two intervention groups and the written scenario of the birth story in one intervention group.
A researcher-made 80-item tool
The use of positive birth stories in education based on the theory of planned behavior has a greater impact on the behavioral intension of pregnant women and increases their desire to choose a vaginal delivery and leads to a decrease in the desire for cesarean delivery.
Three audio files of counterparts with a positive birth experience were provided to pregnant women in the intervention group.
25-item perception of birth (Fawcett, 1997)
The overall score of women’s birth perception in the intervention group was higher than the control group. Birth perception is also generally influenced by the experiences that women hear about childbirth in and around their environment.
The training course consisted of 5 sessions per week. The educational content of the sessions was the awareness of pregnant women about labor and the teaching of relaxation and stress reduction techniques, as well as the association of similar conditions in different stages of labor and birth by expressing scenarios that were consistent with reality in each session.
20-item anxiety questionnaire (Spielberger, 1975), 26-item pregnancy-related stress (Ahn, 1985), knowledge of labor and birth (Kang, 1980), self-confidence concerning labor and birth (Lee, 2005), perception of labor and birth (Marut and Mercer, 1979)
The educational intervention was followed by increasing awareness and confidence related to labor and reducing stress related to pregnancy and shortening the time of labor stages.
