Pregnant woman's experience of using the Labour Support Chair.

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Childbirth; The first stage of Labour; Reproductive Health and Childbirth - Childbirth and postnatal care

• Registration Number: ACTRN12621000334808
• Lead Sponsor: The University of Technology Sydney

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2021-03-24
• Study Completion: 2022-08-03
• Last Update Posted: 13 February 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 31

Inclusion Criteria

Are greater than or equal to 37 completed weeks of gestation.
Are at least 18 years old.
Are planning a vaginal delivery.
Are willing to use the Labour Support Chair during their first stage of labour.
Are willing to complete the Pictogram Chart and LAS survey.
Have access to an interpreter during the recruitment
Have literacy in Arabic, English, Chinese or Vietnamese
Have read the Participant Information Sheet and Consent in their preferred language.
Have signed the consent form in their preferred language

Exclusion Criteria

Are less than 37 completed weeks of gestation, i.e 36 weeks and 6 days and less.
Are planning an elective caesarean section
Do not have literacy in Arabic, English, Chinese or Vietnamese.
Have not signed the consent form in their preferred language

NB. Desire to have the option of an epidural block as pain relief is not a criterion for exclusion. This will simply mean that the woman will no longer use the chair during her labour (if she was randomised into the intervention arm).

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To investigate the experience of labour (sense of personal power) of the participants who are randomised to use the Labour Support Chair and of the participants randomised to in the control group.<br>[The participants will rate their experience of labour using the Labour Agentry Score (LAS), two weeks after she gives birth. ]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To investigate the duration of the first stage of labour in both groups.[The data will be sourced from the participant's birth records, soon after birth.];To investigate the acceptability of the intervention (Labour Support Chair) to participant women.[The opportunity for the women participants to comment will be provided with the LAS, two weeks after birth. <br>];To investigate the acceptability of the intervention (Labour Support Chair) to midwives’ practice.[The opportunity for the midwives to make their written comments will be during or straight after the birth.];To investigate the duration of the second stage of labour in both groups.[The data will be sourced from the participant's birth records, soon after birth.];To investigate the mode of birth in both groups.[The data will be sourced from the participant's birth records, soon after birth.<br>];To investigate the Apgar Scores of the neonate in both groups.[The data will be sourced from the participants birth records, soon after birth.]