Art Therapy as Treatment for Fear of Childbirth

Status Recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

Earlier research has shown that pregnant women with a pronounced fear of childbirth have a significantly increased risk for birth complications and subsequent psychological trauma. In Sweden and also internationally, women in fear of childbirth are treated in many differing ways. Evidence for best care for these women is lacking. The Art Therapy method is a creative, psycho-therapeutic form of treatment which has been used for several decades within psychiatry. It has recently been seen that the Art Therapy method has positive effects during treatment for crisis reactions.

Recruitment has recently been initiated for a randomized controlled study of Art Therapy for the treatment of fear of childbirth.

The hypothesis for the study is as follows:

H1 = treatment with Art Therapy and therapeutic conversations will result in a decrease in fear of childbirth when compared to treatment by therapeutic conversations only.

The instrument which is to be used for measurement of childbirth fear is the Wijma Delivery Expectancy Questionnaire (W-DEQ). This is a well validated instrument which was developed in Sweden. A power calculation has shown a need for 62 x 2 participants; a total of 124 women.

Clinical Trial Description

n/a

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

Fear of Childbirth

Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT01457482
Study type	Interventional
Source	Helsingborgs Hospital
Contact	Helén Wahlbeck, Lic. Midwife
Phone	+46 42121268
Email	helen.wahlbeck@skane.se
Status	Recruiting
Phase	N/A
Start date	May 2011

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