Antenatal Education for Epidural Anaesthesia in Labour - A Pilot Study

To determine the efficacy of the use of multimedia patient education technology in the antenatal education process, particularly regarding the use of epidural anaesthesia in labour, in primigravida women who are planning on having a normal vaginal delivery.

Status

Not yet recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12611000710921

Enrollment

200

Registered

2011-07-11

Start date

2011-08-15

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

We hypothesise that multi-media patient education technology is superior to pamphlet delivery of this information. A secondary hypothesis is that increased understanding of epidural anaesthetic in labour will increase patient anxiety levels.

Interventions

The intervention arm will be given the opportunity to watch a multimedia patient education module (approximately 20 minutes in length) on the use of epidural anaesthesia in labour during their antenatal education classes at 32 weeks gestation.

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Educational / counselling / training

Masking

Open (masking not used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

20 Years to 40 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

Patients must be primigravida women who are planning on having a normal vaginal delivery. Patients must be aged between 20 and 40 years, have no past history of epidural or spinal anaesthesia, english must be their first language, have achieved grade 11 or greater secondary education and be able to read a plain English patient information consent form. Patients also need to be attending the antenatal education classes conducted by Ms Cathryn Curtin at the Epworth Freemasons Maternity Hospital.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria are maternal age less than 20 or greater than 40 years, English not primary language, poor eyesight and/or hearing, previous epidural or spinal anaesthesia and planned caesarean section.

Outcome results