The Effect of Consumption of Date Fruit and Nipple Stimulation in Late Pregnancy

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Induction; Stimulation, Self; Augmentation; Labor
• Interventions: Other: Date Fruit group; Other: Nipple group

• Registration Number: NCT06280911
• Lead Sponsor: Selcuk University

Brief Summary

The study was conducted to determine the effect of consumption of date fruit and nipple stimulation on labor.

The samples were applied to pregnant women satisfying the research criteria in a state hospital in Istanbul between October 2013 and June 2014.

Detailed Description

The study was designed to be randomly controlled. Block randomization method was used to determine the experimental and control groups. Randomization was done by a biostatistician outside the researcher. 198 pregnant women were randomly assigned to the date fruit, nipple and control groups. From the 37th gestational age to the onset of labor, 6 date fruits were consumed per day by the date fruit group and the nipple stimulation was applied 6 minutes per day for the nipple group. No intervention was made for the control group. For the collection of research data, "Structured Information Form" and "Wijma Birth Expectancy / Experience Scale Version" were used.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-10-10
• Primary Completion: 2014-06-30
• Study Completion: 2017-12-30
• Status Verified: 2024-02
• Study First Submitted: 2024-02-19
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-02-19
• Study First Posted: 2024-02-28
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-02-29
• Last Update Posted: 2024-03-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 198

Inclusion Criteria

• Women who nulliparous at the 37th gestational age, have singleton pregnancy, have the BMI is less than 25 kg/m2, planning to have a normal vaginal delivery, have vertex presentation, a volunteer to participate in the study, no smoking in pregnancy and have moderate birth fear according to W-DEQ were included in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

• Women who have risk pregnancy (such as preterm labor risk, preeclampsia eclampsia, premature rupture of membranes, placenta previa, gestational diabetes, fetal anomaly and chronic diseases) were excluded in the study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Date fruit group	Date Fruit group	* Pregnant women were asked to consume 6 (about 65 gr) per day of dry date (Medjoul species) provided by the researcher until the birth of the 37th gestational age. * Dry date fruit provided by the researcher was given to the women to consume (42 pieces per week). * It has been stated that pregnancies should end the consumption of dates when actual uterine contractions begin. * Within the first 24 hours of labor, information on labor was recorded in the delivery file and "structured information form".
Nipple group	Nipple group	* The pregnancies are requested to stimulate a nipple (three minutes a day, one minute in the morning, one noon, one minute in the evening) and three minutes in the other nipple (one minute morning, one noon, one minute evening) with naked fingures and moderate pressure by pulling and rounding. * The pregnancies were stated to terminate the nipple stimulation when the actual uterine contractions onset. * Within the first 24 hours of labor, information on labor was recorded in the labor file and "structured information form".

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Induction and augmentation of labor	From the 37th gestational age to the labor	Induction and augmentation of labor (dichotomous data: yes or no)
The spontaneous onset of labor	From the 37th gestational age to the labor	The spontaneous onset of labor (dichotomous data: yes or no)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Mode of delivery	From the 37th gestational age to the birth	Mode of delivery (dichotomous data: vaginal delivery or caesarean section)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Zeynep Kamil Women's and Children's Diseases Training and Research Hospital; 🇹🇷 Istanbul, Turkey