Erkan ŞİMŞEK, Onur KARAASLAN, Gürcan TÜRKYILMAZ, Sevim TUNCER CAN, Hakkı AKTAŞ

Does Childbirth Education Classes Influence Obstetric Outcomesin A Rural Region of Turkey? A Prospective Case-Control Study

Objective: Childbirth education classes support women to achie-ve a pleasing pregnancy and delivery. We aimed to determine the effects of CEC on obstetric outcomes in women who underwent labor induction with dinoprostone in an underdeveloped region of our country in this study.Material and Methods: Prospective study was conducted in Tun-celi State Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, between August 2019 and March 2020. Age between 18-40, sing-leton pregnancy, no presence of chronic disease, and no history of cesarean section was included. CEC was provided by midwives who had certified. It started in the first trimester of pregnancy and continued until the last weeks of pregnancy. All participants rece-ived a total of 12 lessons.Results: 171 patients recruited, including 82 (48%) of cases conti-nued CEC, and 89 (52%) patients had no admission to CEC (cont-rols). 69.5% of patients delivered vaginally, and we performed a cesarean section in 30.5% of cases in control groups. 83.1% of cases achieved vaginal delivery, and 16.9% underwent cesarean section in the CEC group. The vaginal birth rate was significantly higher in the CEC group than controls (p: 0.03). Neonatal outco-mes were similar between the two groups.Conclusion: CEC is an inexpensive option to promote maternal and neonatal health. It can be a useful tool to reduce cesarean birth rates and should be used widely all over the country.

Gebe Eğitim Sınıfları Türkiye’nin Kırsal Kesiminde Obstetrik Sonuçları Etkiler mi?Prospektif-Gözlemsel Çalışma

Amaç: Gebe eğitim sınıfları memnun edici bir gebelik ve doğum süreci geçirmeleri için gebeleri destekler. Bu çalışmamızda Tür-kiye’nin az gelişmiş bir bölgesinde dinoprostone ile doğum in-düksiyonu uyguladığımız gebelerde gebe eğitim sınıfının gebelik sonuçlarına etkisini araştırdık.Gereç ve Yöntemler: Bu prospektif çalışma Ağustos 2019-Mart 2020 tarihleri arasında Tunceli Devlet Hastanesi, Kadın Hasta-lıkları ve Doğum kliniğinde yapıldı. 18-40 yaş arası, tekil gebeliği olan, kronik hastalığı bulunmayan ve sezaryen öyküsü olmayan hastalar çalışmaya dahil edildi. Gebe eğitim sınıflarında sertifi-kalı ebeler görevlendirildi. Eğitimler ilk trimesterde başladı ve gebeliğin son haftalarına dek devam etti. Tüm katılımcılar toplam 12 ders aldı.Bulgular: 82 (%48) eğitim sınıfına katılan ve 89 (%52) (kont-rol grubu) katılmayan toplam 171 gebe çalışmaya dahil edildi. Kontrol grubunda hastaların %69,5’I vajinal, %30,5’I sezar-yen ile doğum yaptı. Gebe eğitim sınıfındaki hastaların %83.1vajinal doğum yaparken %16,9’u sezaryen ile doğum yaptı ve bu oran istatistiksel olarak anlamlıydı (p: 0,03). Neonatal sonuçlar her iki grupta benzerdi.Sonuç: Gebe eğitim sınıfları maternal ve neonatal sonuçları iyi-leştirmenin ucuz bir yoludur. Sezaryen oranlarını azaltmada ya-rarlı olabilir ve tüm ülkede yaygın olarak erişilebilmelidir.

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