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Educational intervention by cell phone to increase informed choices at childbirth, in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Communication intervention to improve informed choice at childbirth: a randomized controlled trial using digital technology in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
REBEC
Registry ID
RBR-3g5f9f
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2020-07-29
Start date
2020-08-28
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-10-27

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Maternal health, Maternal health services, Public health informatics, Internet Based Intervention, Medical Informatics, Coronavirus Infections

Interventions

1) Recruitment: twenty thousand (20,000) women registered users of PiniOn app will be notified of the available recruitment for the study. 2) Eligibility: ten thousand (10,000) women will voluntarily
careproviders staff
obstetric interventions in labor and delivery
procedures for perinatal safety, skin to skin and breastfeeding in the first hour of life
and Covid-19 prevention procedures. 5.2) Control group: four thousand (4,000) women will receive mock educational communication intervention in the restricted area of
Other
F01.145.209.429
G08.686.784.769.490.500

Sponsors

Sociedade Beneficente Israelita Brasileira Hospital Albert Einstein
Lead Sponsor
Faculdade de Saúde Pública da Universidade de São Paulo
Collaborator
Behup BehaviorTech
Collaborator

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
Female
Age
18 Months to 49 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1) Be a registered user at PiniOn app; 2) Identify theirselves as women; 3) Be aged between 18 and 49 years; 3) Being pregnant or having biological children of any age or intending to have biological children in the future.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Women without children and with no intention of becoming a mother in the future will be excluded.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
We hope to find a 30 percent (30%) increase in the proportion of women engaged in the elaboration of a birth plan, which will be measured after educational or mock communication intervention.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
We hope to find higher proportions of women who manifest more evidence-based preferences for childbirth that are shown to be protective of maternal safety and satisfaction. This group of outcomes will be measured by a survey exit questionnaire and comprises the following indicators: 1) Preference for waiting for spontaneous onset of labor; 2) Preference for place of delivery; 3) Preference for support and support from a doula; 4) Desire to have a birth companion of free choice; 5) Preference for conducting labor with oxytocin; 6) Desire for non-pharmacological relief for pain; 7) Desire for freedom to walk; 8) Preference for freedom of movement and position at childbirth; 9) Previous consent for Kristeller's maneuver; 10) Preference for episiotomy; 11) Desire for skin to skin contact in the immediate postpartum period; 12) Preference for breastfeeding in the first hour of life.

Countries

Brazil

Contacts

Public ContactLivia Pedrilio

Sociedade Beneficente Israelita Brasileira Hospital Albert Einstein

livia.pedrilio@einstein.br+55(11)959974258

Outcome results

None listed

Source: REBEC (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 16, 2026