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Clinical Trials/ISRCTN13315580
ISRCTN13315580
Active, not recruiting
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Establishing the safety of waterbirth for mothers and babies: a cohort study with nested qualitative component

Cardiff University0 sites52,410 target enrollmentMay 4, 2018

Overview

Phase
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Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Birth in water following water immersion during labour
Sponsor
Cardiff University
Enrollment
52410
Status
Active, not recruiting
Last Updated
2 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

2021 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33419905/ protocol (added 11/01/2021)

Registry
who.int
Start Date
May 4, 2018
End Date
March 31, 2024
Last Updated
2 years ago
Study Type
Observational
Sex
All

Investigators

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Current participant inclusion criteria as of 09/09/2022:
  • 1\. Women, and their infants, if the woman used water immersion at a study site during the period of data collection
  • 2\. Any women for whom water immersion analgesia is recorded in Wellbeing Software’s E3 system
  • 3\. Birth in which the foetus is partially or totally expelled under water
  • Previous participant inclusion criteria:
  • Routine Data Work Package: Women who meet NICE criteria for ‘low risk’ and who use a pool (water immersion) during labour
  • Qualitative Work Package: \[online stakeholder discussion groups]
  • 1\. Heads of Midwifery / Midwifery Managers from study sites
  • 2\. Consultant Midwives from study sites
  • 3\. Band 5/6 clinically focused midwives

Exclusion Criteria

  • Excluded from data analysis: Data relating to women and babies recorded in EuroKing as being ‘Born Before Arrival’ (BBA), or recorded as intentionally born without midwifery attendance, will be excluded from primary analysis as well as those who opt\-out from the study

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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