Influence of continuous support offered by Doula on hormone release in women in labor
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- PregnancyHumanizing Delivery.U00-U99
- Registration Number
- RBR-4zjjm4h
- Lead Sponsor
- Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
Parturients hospitalized for childbirth care at centro de referência da saúde da mulher; maternal age greater than or equal to 18 years; primigestas; single term pregnancy; hospital admission at the beginning of the active phase between 4 to 6 cm.
Exclusion Criteria
Not having a companion of choice (family, friends, spouse); late gestational loss; use of uterotonic drugs at any stage of labor.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Expected results: greater satisfaction with the experience of labor; increase in oxytocin level in relation to the control group; increase in the serotonin level in relation to the control group; increase in the level of beta-endorphin in relation to the control group; decrease in cortisol level in relation to the control group; decrease in the level of adrenaline and noradrenaline in relation to the control group
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Doula's continued support is expected to have a positive impact on women's perception of care received and delivery, on obstetric and neonatal outcomes, as well as on endogenous hormone release and reduced levels of stress, since reduced levels of cortisol are associated with an adequate production of the hormones involved in parturition.