Combined massage and warm compress to the perineum during pushing in women delivering for the first time

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Perineal injury, including episiotomy, or spontaneous perineal tears that require suturing; Pregnancy and Childbirth; Perineal laceration during delivery, unspecified

• Registration Number: ISRCTN42773879
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Malaya Medical Centre

Brief Summary

2021 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33484158/ (added 09/09/2021)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2018-02-27
• Study Completion: 2018-05-31
• Last Update Posted: 20 September 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 156

Inclusion Criteria

Current participant inclusion criteria as of 28/08/2018:
1. Presumed labour (including ruptured membrane)
2. Nulliparous
3. Age > 18
4. Gestational age of > 37 weeks at enrolment
5. Singleton pregnancy
6. Planned vaginal birth
7. Cephalic presentation
8. Reassuring fetal status
9. Not distressed by pain that may impact decision making
10. In active second stage pushing

Previous participant inclusion criteria:
1. Presumed labour (including ruptured membrane)
2. Nulliparous
3. Age > 18
4. Gestational age of > 37 weeks at enrolment
5. Singleton pregnancy
6. Planned vaginal birth
7. Cephalic presentation
8. Reassuring fetal status
9. Not distressed by pain that may impact decision making

Exclusion Criteria

1. Has performed antenatal perineal massage
2. Gross fetal anomaly
3. Gross perineal scarring (e.g. female genital mutilation)
4. Caesarean section (post-randomisation exclusion)

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified