Professional support with soft tissue massage during pregnancy

Professional support in the form of soft tissue massage for first-time parents during pregnancy and parental transition for parents' health and well-being

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN14694502

Enrollment

Registered

2024-05-12

Start date

2024-05-20

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-05-21

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Conditions

Professional support with soft tissue massage, an educational intervention for first-time parents during pregnancy Pregnancy and Childbirth

Interventions

Participants in the study will receive an educational intervention of professional support with soft tissue massage from full-term pregnancy, gestational week 37+0. The educational intervention will

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Age = 18 years 2. Expectant first-time mother with partner 3. Normal pregnancy and planned vaginal birth at the county hospital 4. Swedish- or English speaking

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Multiple pregnancy 2. Severe infection or skin conditions and diseases that make it inappropriate to touch the skin 3. Research subjects whose judgement is compromised due to illness, mental health issues such as psychosis or similar conditions, or debilitated health conditions 4. Situations where informed consent cannot be obtained

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Parents’ health and well-being will be measured using data collection from semi-structured interviews before the first session, and within two weeks after birth; written individual narratives from gestational week 37 until four weeks after birth; non-participatory observations during labor and birth, and repeated surveys (including Swedish versions of the World Health Organisation- Five Well-Being Index [WHO-5]) at gestational week 25 (baseline), within two weeks and six months after birth.	—

Measure

Time frame

Parents’ health and well-being will be measured using data collection from semi-structured interviews before the first session, and within two weeks after birth; written individual narratives from gestational week 37 until four weeks after birth; non-participatory observations during labor and birth, and repeated surveys (including Swedish versions of the World Health Organisation- Five Well-Being Index [WHO-5]) at gestational week 25 (baseline), within two weeks and six months after birth.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
The following secondary outcome measures will be measured using data collection from semi-structured interviews before the first session, and within two weeks after birth; written individual narratives from gestational week 37 until four weeks after birth; non-participatory observations during labor and birth, and repeated surveys at gestational week 25 (baseline), within two weeks and six months after birth: 1. Parents’ expectations of educational intervention in soft tissue massage and their experiences with professional support in the form of soft tissue massage after birth 2. The meaning of soft massage and parents’ use of soft tissue massage during pregnancy, labor and birth, and postpartum 3. Parents’ use of soft tissue massage during labor and birth 4. Parents’ Sense of coherence (SOC) and well-being measured using the Swedish versions of the Sense Of Coherence Scale-13 (SOC-13) during pregnancy and six months after birth	—

Measure

Time frame

The following secondary outcome measures will be measured using data collection from semi-structured interviews before the first session, and within two weeks after birth; written individual narratives from gestational week 37 until four weeks after birth; non-participatory observations during labor and birth, and repeated surveys at gestational week 25 (baseline), within two weeks and six months after birth: 1. Parents’ expectations of educational intervention in soft tissue massage and their experiences with professional support in the form of soft tissue massage after birth 2. The meaning of soft massage and parents’ use of soft tissue massage during pregnancy, labor and birth, and postpartum 3. Parents’ use of soft tissue massage during labor and birth 4. Parents’ Sense of coherence (SOC) and well-being measured using the Swedish versions of the Sense Of Coherence Scale-13 (SOC-13) during pregnancy and six months after birth

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Countries

Sweden

Contacts

Public ContactAmanda Claesson Karhunen

amanda.claesson@vgregion.se+46 765802632

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026