Pregnancy and Childbirth
Conditions
Interventions
Standard Treatment
Sponsors
Charles Darwin University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - Age 18 years and above - Women at term (between 37 completed weeks and 41 completed weeks) - Primip - Singleton pregnancy - Cephalic presentation - First-stage labour (spontaneous or induced) - Back pain assessed by VAS as =7
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - Women whose labour would be considered high risk such as elderly primip (=40years), women with high blood pressure (pre-eclampsia), insulin-dependent diabetic pregnant women, infections at the injection site, and those women with clotting problems. - Those women whose consent is required to be provided by a spouse for cultural reasons. - Women of non-English speaking backgrounds, Twi, Ga, Hausa, or Ewe (These are the common Ghanaian languages) where an interpreter is not available.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The proportion of women with low back pain who will consider sterile water injection for its clinical effectiveness | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| - VAS Measurement before intervention and after injection at 30, 60, 90 minutes. ;- Proportion of women who report >30% reduction in VAS scores at 30 minutes after SWI administration ;- Proportion of women who report >50% reduction in VAS scores at 30 minutes after SWI administration ;Women’s satisfaction | — |
Countries
Ghana
Contacts
Public ContactJonas;Clare Afari;Davison
Specialist Anaesthesiologist;Lecturer and Researcher
Outcome results
None listed