Birth Environment of the Future - a Randomised Controlled Study
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Pregnancy
- Sponsor
- Herning Hospital
- Enrollment
- 680
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- No. of women receiving oxytocin stimulation during Labour
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 7 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The main purpose of this study is to explore the impact of the birth environment on women's birth experience and relevant birth outcomes in the experimental Labour room compared to a standard Labour room.
Detailed Description
In the last decade, there has been an increased interest in exploring the impact of the birth environment on midwifery practice and the women's birth experiences. Results from these studies show that a home-like birth environment has positive effects on both midwifery practice and the birth experience. The hormone oxytocin that causes contractions during labour may play an important role in this context. The hormone is released when being in a safe, secure and confident environment. Therefore, it is a reasonable assumption that the birth environment also has an impact on birth outcomes. To investigate this assumption one traditional labour room was transformed to an experimental labour room. The design of the room is inspired by knowledge from evidence-based healthcare design, which describes bringing nature into the room. Furthermore, it is possible for the parents to design their own birth setting by choosing atmosphere through sound, light and nature scenes.
Investigators
Iben Lorentzen
Midwife, Master in Health Hummanities (MHH)
Herning Hospital
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •primiparas with a singleton pregnancy
- •Gestational age 37-42
- •speaks and understands Danish
Exclusion Criteria
- •Inducted delivery
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
No. of women receiving oxytocin stimulation during Labour
Time Frame: From allocation at delivery ward (date, hour and minute) to delivery (date, hour, minute). Duration is recorded time in hours and minutes
No of women augmented with oxytocin drip. The intervention is registered in the electronic patient journal. The duration in time (date,hours,minutes) of oxytocin treatment is registered in the electronic journal log
Secondary Outcomes
- Pain relieving interventions(From allocation at delivery ward (date, hour and minute) to delivery (date, hour, minute). Duration is recorded time in hours and minutes)
- Duration of labour(From allocation at delivery ward (date, hour and minute) to delivery (date, hour, minute). Duration is recorded time in hours and minutes)