Creating a Positive Perception of Birth Experience: The Effect of Birth Theater

This randomized controlled experimental study aimed to evaluate the effect of birth theater, conducted in addition to conventional childbirth preparation education, on pregnant women's perceptions of childbirth. A total of 60 pregnant women participated in the study, with 30 assigned to the intervention group and 30 to the control group. The intervention group received conventional childbirth preparation education in addition to a 4-hour birth theater intervention consisting of two sessions, during which vaginal and cesarean birth scenarios were enacted. The control group received only conventional childbirth preparation education. Data were collected face-to-face using a Participant Information Form, the Traumatic Birth Perception Scale, and the Fear of Birth and Readiness for Birth subscales of the Prenatal Self-Evaluation Questionnaire.