Comparison of the effects of maternal supportive care and acupressure in labor on fetal heart rate pattern and nucleated red blood cells in the umbilical cord blood
- Conditions
- Condition 1: fetal heart rate. Condition 2: nucleated red blood cells in the umbilical cord blood.Maternal care for signs of fetal hypoxiaAbnormality of red blood cells
- Registration Number
- IRCT2012120911706N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Research department of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 150
41-37 weeks gestational age based on last menstrual period or ultrasound last quarter of the first and second; maternal age 18-35 years old; single pregnancy; cephalic presentation and the lack of obvious chromosomal abnormalities and fetal congenital absence of specific drugs during pregnancy; at least a third of literacy; an Iranian citizen; willing to participate in the study and signed a written consent.
Exclusion criteria: preterm; maternal diabetes; fetal growth restriction; incompatibility RH; history the smoking of tobacco by maternal, hypertension, preeclampsia, oligohydramnios, placenta previa, placental abruption, thick meconium; either physically or mentally ill mother, received any medication such as pethidine, hyoscine, and atropine oxytocin.
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Anxiety. Timepoint: before and after intervention. Method of measurement: Spielberger questionnaire.;The number of nucleated red blood cells in cord blood. Timepoint: After supplying blood from the umbilical cord and peripheral blood smear under the microscope. Method of measurement: Blood Tests.;Fetal heart rate. Timepoint: during laboar. Method of measurement: by sonykid.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method