Ozcan 2020.
| Study characteristics | |
| Methods |
Study design: RCT Duration of study: the study was conducted between July 2016 and June 2017. Country: Turkey Income classification: upper‐middle income country in 2016‐2017 Geographical scope: city located in the east of Turkey Healthcare setting: of the eight sessions, the first one was held in the hospital and the others at the participants’ homes. |
| Participants | 1. Age: between the ages of 18 and 35; mean age 25.16 (SD 4.0) in the intervention group and 25.09 (SD 4.5) in the control group 2. Gender: female 3. Socioeconomic background: total range of income $118‐$1354 4. Educational background: high school for 30.9% in intervention group and 32.7% in control group; undergraduate for 29.1% in both groups Inclusion criteria: a. between the ages of 18 and 35; b. primiparae; c. able to speak, read, and write in Turkish; d. full‐term (between weeks 38 and 42) vaginal delivery; e. haemoglobin value of at least 10 mg/dL; f. experienced risky conditions during gestation or delivery; g. undergone mediolateral episiotomy (because episiotomy impairs the integrity of a tissue. Healing such episiotomy incisions as soon as possible is quite important to conserve structural integrity). Exclusion criteria: a. lost to follow‐up; b. unable to communicate; c. withdrawing from the study voluntarily. Note: at baseline, the intervention and control group scores for World Health Organization Quality‐of‐Life Scale, Psychological health domain (WHOQOL), Psychological Health Domain were, respectively, 67.72 (15.24) and 63.48 (16.25). Stated purpose: to identify the application of LCM in the nursing process in women within the postpartum period and to investigate the effect of postpartum care given in line with LCM on primiparae |
| Interventions |
Name: Levine's Conservation Model (LCM) program Title/name of PW and number: nurse (1) 1. Selection: not specified 2. Educational background: nurse training with pilates knowledge background 3. Training: not specified 4. Supervision: not specified 5. Incentives/remuneration: not specified Prevention type: selective—participants were included based upon the presence of a risk factor (first pregnancy) Intervention details: LCM as theoretical framework. Eight‐session nursing care programme based on LCM was provided to the women in the intervention group within a period of 12 weeks. Each session lasted approximately 60 to 120 minutes. In these trainings, leaflets containing information about breastfeeding, personal hygiene, fatigue, sleep, nutrition and Pilates exercises prepared by the researchers in the light of the literature data were used. Control: usual care (standard nursing care given after birth, solely containing breastfeeding training) |
| Outcomes |
Participants’outcomes of interest for this review
Carers’ outcomes of interest for this review Nil Economic outcomes Nil Time points: baseline, post‐intervention (1‐6 months) |
| Notes |
Source of funding: not specified Notes on validation of instruments (screening and outcomes): WHOQOL scale translated into Turkish and revised by Eser 1999. In this study, the Cronbach’s alpha value was 0.89. Additional information: none Handling the data: not applicable Prospective trial registration number: not reported |