IMPACTS OF BRAXTON-HICKS CONTRACTIONS ON COMPUTERISED CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY PARAMETERS: A POTENTIAL LINK.

Completed

• Conditions: Braxton Hicks' Contractions
• Interventions: Diagnostic Test: antepartum computerised cardiotocography analysis

• Registration Number: NCT04417296
• Lead Sponsor: University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"

Brief Summary

Several types of research examined the relationship of Braxton-Hicks contractions and uterine flow. Nevertheless, no one considered the relationship of the maternal perception of Braxton-Hicks contractions with the fetal wellbeing quantifies through computerised cardiotocography. Our study wants to estimate the correlation between the maternal perception of Braxton-Hicks contractions and antepartum computerised cardiotocography parameters.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-04-01
• Primary Completion: 2020-04-01
• Study First Submitted: 2020-06-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-06-01
• Study First Posted: 2020-06-04
• Study Completion: 2021-08-14
• Status Verified: 2022-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-05-04
• Last Update Posted: 2022-05-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 49

Inclusion Criteria

• Nonlaboring women with a term uncomplicated singleton pregnancy

Exclusion Criteria

• complicated singleton pregnancy

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
nonlaboring term singleton pregnancies	antepartum computerised cardiotocography analysis	All patients had an uncomplicated pregnancy and to define a pregnancy uncomplicated we adopted Chappell's definition: "a normotensive pregnancy, delivered at \>37 weeks, ending in a live-born baby who was not small for gestational age and did not have any other notable pregnancy complications"

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
the comparison of the antepartum computerised cardiotocography between the patients with Braxton-Hicks contractions and the patients without uterine activity	pre-intervention	External cCTG was completed at least 20 minutes (maximum 60 minutes), two transducers were placed on the maternal abdomen: one over the fetal heart level and the other one at the uterine fundus. For each cCTG, the following data were evaluated: Basal FHR

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Università degli studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"- OB & Gyn -; 🇮🇹 Napoli, Italia, Italy