Discussion
The present study for the first time compared the effect of CBT and haptonomy interventions on FOC. Based on the results of the present study, CBT and haptonomy interventions significantly reduced FOC at 35–37 weeks of gestation and after birth compared to the control group. However, there was no significant difference between the intervention groups. In line with the findings of the present study, Ucar and Golbasi [In another study, Ghazaei et al. [In the present study, FOC in the haptonomy group was less than that in the other two groups after intervention. Consistent with the findings of the present study, in the study of Ozbek and pinar [In the present study, although the desire for vaginal birth and final vaginal birth in the haptonomy group was more than that in the other two groups and the request for elective CS was less in the haptonomy and CBT groups, there was no statistically significant difference in terms of final birth method, and the rate of CS among the three groups. In this study, the rate of caesarean section with medical indication in the CBT group was higher than that in the other two groups. It is worth mentioning that choosing the birth method is not just a personal matter and several factors, such as medical indications, spouse preference, and socio-cultural factors are involved in this regard [In line with the results of the present study, Tata et al. [