Effective Use of Respiratory Patterns in the First Period of Labor in Control of Maternal Anxiety

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Anxiety
• Interventions: Other: Respiratory pattern

• Registration Number: NCT02164227
• Lead Sponsor: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Brief Summary

The effectiveness of breathing exercise on anxiety in women during the first period of labor.

Detailed Description

The groups will be randomized into intervention groups, which will be held ventilatory patterns while the control group will receive routine care service. The measurements will be made during the admission, and every 2 hours until the final phase of dilation.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2014-03
• Study First Submitted: 2014-05-21
• Status Verified: 2014-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-06-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-06-12
• Study First Posted: 2014-06-16
• Last Update Posted: 2014-06-16
• Primary Completion: 2014-07
• Study Completion: 2015-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

• Primiparous
• First stage of labor

Exclusion Criteria

• Multiple gestation;
• Eclampsia;
• Pregnancy with a dead fetus;
• Use of analgesia;
• Pregnant women with clinical instability;
• Psychiatric disorders;

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
respiratory pattern	Respiratory pattern	Deep and slow inspiration is used in the initial and active stages, at which time the contractions vary from uncomfortable to strong, lumbosacral pain and cervical dilation may occur between 3 and 8 cm in this case the mother is driven to inspire slowly and the level of inspiratory reserve volume followed by slow exhalation to functional residual capacity; Sigh with post-expiratory pause that corresponds to a small spontaneous exhalation to relax occurs in tidal volume; Expiratory delay that corresponds to a prolonged propelled with the lips during the lull and expiration in the expiration time that corresponds to a slow inspiration followed by two or three puffs with the short lips will be used propelled.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Anxiety	2 hours	The anxiety of patients will be assessed using IDATE questionnaire

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Maternidade Professor Bandeira Filho; 🇧🇷 Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil