The Effect Of Sitting Position On The Labor Process

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Healthy; Bleeding; Pain
• Interventions: Behavioral: Sitting position is used in Experimental Arms 1-2

• Registration Number: NCT06538545
• Lead Sponsor: Cumhuriyet University

Brief Summary

This study was conducted to determine the effect of sitting position on the labor process. The randomized controlled experimental study was conducted in the delivery room of Sivas Numune Hospital.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-05-02
• Primary Completion: 2022-11-02
• Study Completion: 2024-04-04
• Study First Submitted: 2024-07-24
• Status Verified: 2024-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-08-02
• Study First Posted: 2024-08-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-08-05
• Last Update Posted: 2024-08-07

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 160

Inclusion Criteria

• Age range: 19-35
  • 38-42 weeks of pregnancy
  • No health problems that would prevent the use of sitting position
  • -Amniotic membranes not ruptured
  • Having a singleton pregnancy
  • Fetus in vertex position
  • Labor occurs with normal spontaneous vaginal delivery
  • No diagnosed chronic physical disease
  • No diagnosed psychiatric disease
  • No risky pregnancy, risky delivery and newborn/fetus
  • No communication problems
  • Voluntarily participating in the research

Exclusion Criteria

• Only women who gave birth at Sivas Sample Hospital were included in the study
  • Women who gave birth more than two times were not included in the study

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Arm 2: Vertical Position (Experimental Group-Multiparous)	Sitting position is used in Experimental Arms 1-2	All pregnant women in the experimental group were allowed to use a sitting position (sitting and rocking on a pilates ball or sitting on a bed) from the active phase until labor. They were allowed to lie down for 10-15 minutes when they were tired or when monitoring or intervention was needed.
Arm 3: Lithotomy Position (Control Group-Primiparous)	Sitting position is used in Experimental Arms 1-2	All pregnant women in the control group were followed up with hospital procedures during labor. From the latent phase until labor, the pregnant woman was followed up with hospital procedures. At the end of the latent and active phases, pain assessment was requested and VAS (Appendix 6) was applied. The 2nd and 3rd stages of labor were performed on a normal delivery table in the lithotomy position.
Arm 1:Vertical Position (Experimental Group-Primiparous)	Sitting position is used in Experimental Arms 1-2	All pregnant women in the experimental group were allowed to use a sitting position (sitting and rocking on a pilates ball or sitting on a bed) from the active phase until labor. They were allowed to lie down for 10-15 minutes when they were tired or when monitoring or intervention was needed.
Arm 4: Lithotomy Position (Control Group-multiparous)	Sitting position is used in Experimental Arms 1-2	The hospital procedure was applied to determine the birth rates of all pregnant women in the control group. From the latent stage until the birth, the pregnant woman is followed up by applying the hospital procedure. At the end of the latent and active phases, the alarm results were requested to be evaluated and VAS (Appendix 6) was developed. The 2nd and 3rd stages of labor were performed in the lithotomy positions on the normal delivery table.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Visual analog scale is applied starting from the 1st stage of labor and until the end of the 2nd stage.If the VAS value is 10, it means there is a lot of pain, and if it is 0, it means there is no pain.	1 years	The effect of sitting positions of pregnant women in the 38-42nd weeks of pregnancy on the birth process

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

Hilal Güveri; 🇹🇷 Sivas, Sivas Merkez, Turkey

Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi; 🇹🇷 Sivas, Turkey