Fear of Childbirth (Tokophobia) - Etiology, Essence and Clinical Implications
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00801970 |
Recruitment Status
: Unknown
Verified December 2008 by Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center.
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
First Posted
: December 4, 2008
Last Update Posted
: December 4, 2008
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The purpose of this study is twofold:
- to understand the etiology and the essence of fear of childbirth
- to examine the implications and efficiency of several forms of psychological therapy.
Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Phobias | Behavioral: Psychological Treatment Behavioral: Group Therapy | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 150 participants |
Allocation: | Non-Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Factorial Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Fear of Childbirth (Tokophobia) - Etiology, Essence and Clinical Implications |
Study Start Date : | January 2008 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | June 2010 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | January 2011 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: 1 - Pregnant - Tokophobic
Psychoanalysis treatment.
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Behavioral: Psychological Treatment
15 weekly therapy sessions.
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Experimental: 2 - Pregnant - Tokophobic
Cognitive-Behavioral treatment.
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Behavioral: Psychological Treatment
15 weekly therapy sessions.
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Experimental: 3 - Non-pregnant - Tokophobic
Group Therapy
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Behavioral: Group Therapy
3 months of weekly group therapy sessions.
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No Intervention: 4 - Control
Pregnant and non-pregnant non-tokophobic women will answer questionnaires. Won't receive therapy.
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- Tokophobia existing and new measures (e.g. Pregnancy anxiety scale, Levin, 1991; Tokophobia subjective scale) [ Time Frame: Pre-treatment, Mid treatment, End of treatment ]
- For pregnant subjects - labor preference, duration and pain medication assessment. [ Time Frame: post-labor ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | Child, Adult, Senior |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Female |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
- subjective diagnosis of tokophobia
Exclusion Criteria:
- currently undergoing psychological therapy
- Major Depression
- Acute Anxiety
- Psychosis
- Bipolar Disorder
- Suicidal
- Substance abuse
- Non-compliant personality disorder
- Health problems during pregnancy that affect perception

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00801970
Contact: Shulamit Ben-Itzhak, PhD | 972-3-697-4567 | shulamit@tasmc.health.gov.il |
Israel | |
Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic - Sourasky Medical Center | Recruiting |
Tel Aviv, Israel, 64239 | |
Sub-Investigator: Shulamit Ben-Itzhak, PhD |
Principal Investigator: | Miki Bloch, M.D | Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center |
Publications:
Responsible Party: | Dr. Miki Bloch, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00801970 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
TASMC-08-MB-0064-CTIL |
First Posted: | December 4, 2008 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | December 4, 2008 |
Last Verified: | December 2008 |
Keywords provided by Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center:
Fear of childbirth Tokophobia Anxiety Labor Pregnancy |
Cognitive-behavioral Psychoanalysis Group Therapy etiology |