The effect of midwives delivering perineal acupressure on the acupuncture point Conception Vessel 1 (CV1) for birthing women during the pushing phase of labour on birthing outcomes and the incidence of perineal tearing.
- Conditions
- birthperineal lacerationsReproductive Health and Childbirth - Childbirth and postnatal care
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12623000807651
- Lead Sponsor
- epean Hospital
- Brief Summary
Birthing women that had PACV1 were six times more likely to have an intact perineum and were twice as likely to not have an episiotomy when compared to the control group of women. The study did not find any difference for other genital tract trauma (such as labial grazes), the duration of the pushing phase of labour or the mode of birth (normal or instrumental).
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 99
Inclusion criteria. The inclusion criteria required that the mother had a term (>36 weeks gestation) singleton pregnancy who birthed vaginally who verbally consented to receive PACV1 during the active second stage of labour and had a baby between October 2020 and August 2022 and who was 18 years and over. One woman with a term fetal death in utero was included in this study.
The exclusion criteria included; women who had a waterbirth; a pathological cardiotocograph (CTG); foetal bradycardia; shoulder dystocia; perineal button-holing or infectious lesions on the perineum.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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