Effect of saffron on labor anxiety
- Conditions
- anxiety.Anxiety that is generalized and persistent but not restricted to, or even strongly predominating in, any particular environmental circumstances (i.e. it is
- Registration Number
- IRCT201707133860N30
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice Chancellor for research of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 60
age between 18 to 35, first pregnancy; single pregnancy pregnancy; embryonic cephalic presentation; gestational age 40 to 41 weeks or more based on the first day of the last menstruation and ultrasonography of the first trimester; no uterine contraction; bishop score lower or equal to 4; healthy gestational sac; regular fetal heart rate; normal non-stress test; estimated embryo weighing 2500-4000; a low risk pregnancy (no known signs of internal and surgical diseases, or complications such as preeclampsia and Placental abruption and absence of known embryonic problems); pelvic stenosis; don’t receive any herbal remedy or medication such as misoprostol, prostaglandin, Oxytocin 36 hours before treatment; no sexual intercourse from 24 hours before and up to the end of the study.
Exclusion criteria: oral consumption of saffron; uterine contraction; fetal heart rate abnormalities and absence of fetal movement, use of stimulants for uterine contractions during the study; such as castor oil; midwifery requiring emergency procedures, such as intense hemorrhage.
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Anxiety. Timepoint: at the time of entering the study-- when admitted to the labor sector. Method of measurement: Spielberger anxiety questionnaire.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method