The Effect of Presence of Father in the Operating Room on Quality of Recovery of the Parturient
The Effect of Presence of Father During Elective Cesarean Section Under Spinal Anesthesia on Parturient's Quality of Recovery
Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University
110 participants
Feb 19, 2026
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
The presence of a partner to support the mother during cesarean and vaginal deliveries is a well-established practice in most countries worldwide. It is evident that allowing the partner into the operating room during a cesarean section provides psychosocial benefits for both the mother and the partner. This study aims to investigate the effect of the presence of partner in the operating room on quality of recovery of parturients at the postoperative period.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria5
- Patients scheduled for an elective cesarean section.
- Patients and their partners must be literate in Turkish (able to read and write) to accurately complete the study questionnaires
- Patients and their partners must be willing and able to provide written informed consent
- Healthy pregnant women with no additional chronic or systemic diseases (comorbidities)
- The operating surgeon must have at least 5 years of professional experience and no chronic health conditions.
Exclusion Criteria9
- Patients undergoing emergency cesarean sections.
- Patients with any known chronic or systemic additional diseases
- Surgeons with any known chronic or systemic diseases.
- Individuals unable to read or understand the Turkish questionnaires (implied by the literacy requirement).
- Patients with American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) classification of 3 or more
- Patients with history of chronic pain, chronic use of analgesic drugs, or history of opioid or intravenous drug abuse
- Patients who have refused spinal anesthesia, or those in whom it is contraindicated.
- Pregnancy with preeclampsia or eclampsia
- Pregnancy with gestational diabetes mellitus or diabetes mellitus
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Interventions
The patient undergoes the elective cesarean section according to standard hospital protocols. The partner is not present in the operating room during the surgery.
The patient's partner is admitted to the operating room after sterile preparations are complete. The partner remains with the patient to provide physical and emotional support during the cesarean section operation
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NCT07406607