Investigating the effect of cryotherapy on the discomfort of sterile water injections

Not Applicable

• Conditions: abour pain; Labour pain; Reproductive Health and Childbirth - Childbirth and postnatal care; Anaesthesiology - Pain management

• Registration Number: ACTRN12623000585628
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Queensland

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2023-05-29
• Last Update Posted: 18 July 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 144

Inclusion Criteria

In labour (spontaneous or induced)
Are equal to or greater than 16 years of age
Have a term singleton pregnancy (between 37 and 42 weeks gestation)
Have a fetus in a cephalic (head down) presentation
Experience back pain assessed by visual analogue scale VAS as equal to or greater than 6
Are able to provide informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

Multiple pregnancy
Malpresentation (breech, transverse, shoulder)
Have a serious medical condition at onset of labour (e.g. severe hypertension, diabetes requiring insulin infusion
Infection or inflammation at the injection sites or complications that could cause bleeding at injection site eg. Thrombocytopenia.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified