Aerobic water exercise during pregnancy for reducing use of epidural analgesia
- Conditions
- Epidural analgesia side effectPregnancy and Childbirth
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN14097513
- Lead Sponsor
- Primary Care Management Mallorca (Gerencia de Atención primaria de Mallorca)
- Brief Summary
2018 Protocol article in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29642862 protocol 2021 Results article in https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm10112432 (added 11/10/2023)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 320
1. Pregnant women who are between 14 and 20 weeks pregnant
2. Aged from 18 to 40 years-old
3. Pregnancy at low risk of complications (i.e. all women have singleton pregnancies, and none have medical, obstetric, or psychiatric problems)
1. Severe and poorly controlled hypertension, type 1 diabetes, or asthma
2. Hemodynamically significant heart disease, recent episode of deep venous thrombosis, hepatic insufficiency, or renal failure
3. Diagnosed mental illness or contraindications for physical activity
4. Multiparity (=6 pregnancies), recurrent spontaneous miscarriages (=3), incompetent cervix, increased risk of premature labor, persistent second or third trimester bleeding, uncontrolled gestational diabetes, severe isoimmunization, or planned Caesarean section
5. Severe anemia (hemoglobin < 9 mg/dL), recurrent urinary tract or vaginal infection, BMI above 35 or below 17, active and heavy smoker (>20 cigarettes/day), any drug use or abuse, chronic infectious disease (HIV, hepatitis B, hepatitis C)
6. Not being able to swim
7. Communication difficulties
8. Unwillingness to provide informed consent
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The incidence of epidural analgesia use during labour is determined through review of the clinical history at one month after birth
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method