Procedures
Tele-midwifery
RECRUITMENT
A convenience sampling approach was used, and a consecutive sample of pregnant women attending to the selected prenatal clinic for receiving their routine prenatal care were evaluated using their medical records for inclusion and exclusion criteria, by a colleague not involved in the study. Afterward, the objectives of the study were explained to eligible pregnant women. After consent was obtained, they were asked to complete the W-DEQ version A. women with a score of 38 and above (moderate and high FOC score) were enrolled in the study. A total of 214 pregnant women were evaluated for recruitment in the study. Specifically, 98 women did not meet the inclusion criteria, and 32 women declined to participate. Overall, 70 eligible individuals were randomly assigned to intervention (Tele-midwifery application) and control groups, with 35 participants in each (