Parturition, Humanizing Deliver, Labor Pain, Natural Childbirth, Labor Onset, First Labor Stage
Conditions
Keywords
Parturition, Humanizing Deliver, Labor Pain, Natural Childbirth, Labor Onset, First Labor Stage, Birth ball, meperidine, pethidine
Brief summary
The study was performed at Gregorio Marañón Hospital birth centre. A Randomised Clinical Trial comparing the two methods of pain relief in the first time of labour was carried out. In this study, 110 women in the first stage of labour were allocated in two study groups by a randomised block design. One of them used the birth ball as a pain relief method,and the other one used pethidine and haloperidol injection.
Interventions
OTHERbirth ball
DRUGpethidine and haloperidol injection
Sponsors
Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañon
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Caregiver)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to 45 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* healthy pregnant women * women in the first stage of labour or women at induction of labour * fetal head in pelvis or whole amniotic membranes * must be able to understand spanish
Exclusion criteria
* intrapartum meconium * needed of continuous fetal monitoring * suspecte/compromise fetal wellbeing * morbidly obese women * unaccompanied women
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| pain | 24 months | We use a numeric scale, since 0 ( no pain) to 10 (the greatest pain), to measure this item. We use it with women in the first stage of labour, with labor pain |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Baby´s apgar | 24 months | We use the apgar Test to measure this item. Since 0 to 10.We use it after birth, with babies of women who are in our study. |
Countries
Spain
Contacts
Primary ContactJulita Arranz, mcc
Outcome results
None listed