Analgesia, Labor Pain
Conditions
Brief summary
The three standard techniques used for labor analgesia, thus epidural, combined spinal-epidural and dural puncture epidural will be compared regarding their impact on pain intensity, analgesic and local anesthetic consumption and course of vaginal delivery in a prospective, randomised, double blind manner
Interventions
PROCEDUREregional analgesia for labor
three commonly used regional analgesic techniques are used, with local anesthetic ropivacaine, opioid fentanyl, parturient controlled epidural analgesia
Sponsors
University of Athens
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
QUADRUPLE (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Intervention model description
3 groups with different regional analgesic technique
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to 45 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* parturients requiring regional labor analgesia * dilation less than 5cm
Exclusion criteria
* contraindication for regional technique * refuse to participate * language barriers * obesity * no pain
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| analgesic consumption | during the procedure/delivery | the amount of local anesthetic and opioid that required during labor |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| pain intensity on a numerical rating scale (minimum=0, maximum=10) | during the procedure/delivery | pain intensity |
| duration of labor | until delivery | duration of first stage |
| satisfaction on a numerical rating scale (minimum=0, maximum=10) | during the procedure/delivery | satisfaction of parturients |
Countries
Greece
Contacts
Primary ContactChyrssoula Staikou, Assoc Prof
Outcome results
None listed