Childbirth Experience, Humans, Labor, Induced, Labor, Obstetric, Pregnancy, Prospective Study, Prospective Study , Questionaires
Conditions
Keywords
Childbirth experience, Induction of labor, Pregnancy, Childbirth, Obstetrics
Brief summary
The aim of this study is to explore the information provided to mothers about labor induction and its connection to their childbirth experience. In addition, the study examines how the use of social media may influence the birth experience among patients undergoing labor induction.
Detailed description
Subject undergoing planned induction of labor will be recruited. At recruitment the participants will be asked to answer a questionnaire. Follow-up questionnaires will be sent to the participants one week and three months after the induction. The first questionnaire assesses how well the participants were informed about the induction. The following questionnaires will assess the childbirth experience and induction experience. The main aim of the study is to investigate whether being being well informed about the induction of labor is related to better experience of childbirth. Moreover, the correlation between reported social media use and childbirth experience will be evaluated. After obtaining full data from the first 50 subjects an interim analysis will be performed, to decide the final target sample size.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Turku University Hospital
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Planned induction of labor at the antenatal ward or at the outpatient clinic * Adequate language skills (Finnish, Swedish, English)
Exclusion criteria
* Induction at the delivery ward or at the obstetric emergency care clinic * Spontaneous onset of labor or a planned cesarean delivery * Age below 18 years at the time of recruitment
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Childbirth experience | Three months after induction of labor | Childbirth experience assessed using visual analog scale (VAS) where 0 is the worst possible and 10 the best possible childbirth experience. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Childbirth experience | One week after induction of labor | Childbirth experience assessed using visual analog scale (VAS) where 0 is the worst possible and 10 the best possible childbirth experience. |
| Experience of labor induction | One week after induction of labor | Assessed using visual analog scale (VAS) where 0 is the worst possible and 10 the best possible labor induction experience. |
| Did childbirth experience meet participant's expectations | One week after induction of labor | Four points Likert scale with the following possible answers: 1) very poorly, 2) quite poorly, 3) quite well, 4) very well. |
Countries
Finland
Contacts
Primary ContactMikael Huhtala, M.D., Ph.D.
Outcome results
None listed