Nonreassuring Fetal Status
Conditions
Keywords
non-stress test
Brief summary
There are multiple factors affecting the variability and acceleration pattern of fetal heart rate (FHR) pattern. However, fetal activity is considered as the main determinant. Any factor decreasing fetal activity causes a decrease in FHR variability. Fetal activity may be stimulated by manual manipulation, sound, light, change in maternal position and maternal ingestion of glucose. Among those, ingestion of any kind of food or juice is most frequently practiced in outpatient settings. This is not only medical but also a social routine. In this study the investigators have chosen the two most popular so-called 'fetal accelerators', chocolate and orange juice against no intervention and tried to find any usefulness of these on non-reactive NST patterns.
Interventions
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENTBitter chocolate
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENTOrange juice
Sponsors
Dr. Sami Ulus Children's Hospital
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Masking
SINGLE (Investigator)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to 45 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* singleton pregnancies at 36 to 41 completed gestational weeks that have a non-reactive NST pattern without decelerations.
Exclusion criteria
* multiple pregnancies, fetal anomaly, hypertension, intrauterine growth restriction, active labor, contractions or decelerations on NST, absence of a first or second trimester ultrasonography for accurate gestational dating, pre-gestational or gestational diabetes and known allergy to chocolate or orange
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Increase in reactivity of NST | 30 minutes |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Increase in the maternal fetal movement perception | 30 minutes |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed