Antenatal Education for Epidural Anaesthesia in Labour - A Pilot Study

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Pain during labour in primigravida women planning to have a normal vaginal delivery.; Reproductive Health and Childbirth - Antenatal care; Reproductive Health and Childbirth - Childbirth and postnatal care

• Registration Number: ACTRN12611000710921
• Lead Sponsor: Epworth Foundation - Foot and Ankle Research Fund

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2011-07-11
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 200

Inclusion Criteria

Patients must be primigravida women who are planning on having a normal vaginal delivery. Patients must be aged between 20 and 40 years, have no past history of epidural or spinal anaesthesia, english must be their first language, have achieved grade 11 or greater secondary education and be able to read a plain English patient information consent form. Patients also need to be attending the antenatal education classes conducted by Ms Cathryn Curtin at the Epworth Freemasons Maternity Hospital.

Exclusion Criteria

Exclusion criteria are maternal age less than 20 or greater than 40 years, English not primary language, poor eyesight and/or hearing, previous epidural or spinal anaesthesia and planned caesarean section.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The study aims to examine the opinions of women regarding their concerns about pain relief in labour by comparing the efficacy of a pamphlet and of a multimedia module in explaining risks and benefits of epidural anaesthesia in labour and to determine whether patient anxiety levels are influenced by being given information regarding epidural anaesthesia in labour. Patients will be asked to complete a knowledge based questionnaire prior to information delivery as well as a state-trait anxiety questionnaire. A knowledge questionnaire and anxiety questionnaire will also be completed by the patients after receiving the information. At 2 week post delivery of a healthy baby the midwife who conducted the classes will get the patients to complete a questionnaire regarding their experience with epidural anaesthesia during the birthing process.[The outcome will be assessed immediately after information delivery and also at 2 weeks post delivery during the patients routine checkup.]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To obtain subjective assessment of patients regarding whether they believed the antenatal education that they received adequately prepared them for what they experienced, particularly regarding epidural anaesthesia in labour.[In the two weeks following delivery of a healthy baby. This will be assessed via a postnatal questionnaire conducted by the midwife during the patients postnatal check up.]