Acupuncture as Pain Relief and Relaxation During Childbirth. A Randomized Controlled Study
Overview
- Phase
- Phase 1
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Acupuncture Analgesia
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
- Enrollment
- 607
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- The need for conventional analgesic in each group.
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 17 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of acupuncture for pain relief and relaxation during childbirth.
Detailed Description
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of acupuncture for pain relief an relaxation during childbirth. In a controlled study 607 healthy patients in active labor at term are randomly assigned to receive either acupuncture, TENS or traditional analgesia. Pharmacological analgesia is provided on request. The treatment is administered by midwives trained in acupuncture and TENS. The objective parameter of outcome is the need for conventional analgesia in each group. Visual analogue scale assessments are used to evaluate participants perception of pain before, during and after treatment. Questionnaires filled out two months after delivery is used to investigate the patients experience and satisfaction with delivery and analgesia.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Healthy, Danish speaking women with a normal singleton pregnancy giving birth at term 37 - 42 weeks) with a fetus in cephalic presentation.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Women with medical diseases or complicated pregnancy. Women who has already received conventional analgesia during labor.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
The need for conventional analgesic in each group.
Time Frame: during labor
Secondary Outcomes
- Obstetric outcome: duration of labour, use of oxytocin, incidence of caesarean section, bleeding, apgar score, cord blood pH(from randomization until birth)
- visual analogue scale is used to evaluate subjective effect on pain.(Just before randomization, one hour after randomization and subsequently every two hours until the child was born)
- Questionaries filled out by the parturients to investigate satisfactory with analgesic given.(two months after delivery)