Different Positions During Childbirth

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Childbirth Process
• Interventions: Other: Choose comfortable position

• Registration Number: NCT04641572
• Lead Sponsor: Woman's Health University Hospital, Egypt

Brief Summary

To encourage the application the recommended positions of the World Health Organization during normal childbirth and its effect on maternal and labor outcomes

Detailed Description

To assess the effects of adopting upright positions (walking, sitting, standing) during first stage of labor.

To measure the effect of different individual positions on maternal-fetal outcomes.

To determine which position was more comfortable for women.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-06-01
• Study First Submitted: 2020-07-05
• Status Verified: 2020-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-11-17
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-11-17
• Study First Posted: 2020-11-24
• Last Update Posted: 2020-11-24
• Primary Completion: 2020-12-30
• Study Completion: 2020-12-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 300

Inclusion Criteria

• aged > 18 years old with normal pregnancy, primiparas and multi-paras labor cases.

Exclusion Criteria

• All high-risk associated factors (Hypertension- DM, Heart disease- renal disease) will be excluded.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Upright position	Choose comfortable position	Group B (intervention) will follow the Standing or walking, Squatting, Sitting, Hands /knees, and Kneeling, positions. Then the researcher will register the time ( minutes/hours) that will be taken and which will be more preferable by the participant.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Newborn outcome	At 1 minute and 5 minutes after delivery.	Measure the APGAR score of the newborn related to each position
The maternal outcome.	Within labor process	measure labor pain score in each position on pain scale

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
-Increase self-direction of participants through choosing the preferable position	Within labor process	Register the most preferable positions during childbirth process
Improve women's satisfaction of childbirth experience	After childbirth process.	measure woman's satisfaction after application of the upright position

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Woman Health Hospital; 🇪🇬 Asyut, Egypt