Different Positions During Childbirth

November 17, 2020 updated by: Howieda Fouly, Woman's Health University Hospital, Egypt

Application the Recommended Positions of the World Health Organization During Normal Childbirth and Its Effect on Maternal and Labor Outcomes

To encourage the application the recommended positions of the World Health Organization during normal childbirth and its effect on maternal and labor outcomes

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

To assess the effects of adopting upright positions (walking, sitting, standing) during first stage of labor.

To measure the effect of different individual positions on maternal-fetal outcomes.

To determine which position was more comfortable for women.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

300

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Egypt
      • Asyut, Egypt, 71111
        • Recruiting
        • Woman Health Hospital
        • Contact:

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 45 years (Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • aged > 18 years old with normal pregnancy, primiparas and multi-paras labor cases.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • All high-risk associated factors (Hypertension- DM, Heart disease- renal disease) will be excluded.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Double

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Supine position
group A ( control ) will follow the hospital routine positions either supine or lateral during labor
Experimental: Upright position
Group B (intervention) will follow the Standing or walking, Squatting, Sitting, Hands /knees, and Kneeling, positions. Then the researcher will register the time ( minutes/hours) that will be taken and which will be more preferable by the participant.
Other: Choose comfortable position
Standing or walking, Squatting, Sitting, Hands /knees, and Kneeling, positions will be taken by the participant during labor.Then the researcher will register the time ( minutes/hours) will be taken and which that will be more preferable by the participant
Other Names:
  • change position

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
The maternal outcome.
Time Frame: Within labor process
measure labor pain score in each position on pain scale
Within labor process
Newborn outcome
Time Frame: At 1 minute and 5 minutes after delivery.
Measure the APGAR score of the newborn related to each position
At 1 minute and 5 minutes after delivery.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
-Increase self-direction of participants through choosing the preferable position
Time Frame: Within labor process
Register the most preferable positions during childbirth process
Within labor process
Improve women's satisfaction of childbirth experience
Time Frame: After childbirth process.
measure woman's satisfaction after application of the upright position
After childbirth process.

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Woman's Health University Hospital, Egypt

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Howieda Fouly, PhD, Woman's Health Hospital

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

June 1, 2020

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

December 30, 2020

Study Completion (Anticipated)

December 30, 2020

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 5, 2020

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 17, 2020

First Posted (Actual)

November 24, 2020

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

November 24, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 17, 2020

Last Verified

October 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • Woman's health Hospital

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

IPD Plan Description

The data only will be available for the study co-investigators.

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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