Capacity for informed consent during labour

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Informed consent during labour; Reproductive Health and Childbirth - Childbirth and postnatal care; Reproductive Health and Childbirth - Normal pregnancy

• Registration Number: ACTRN12614000456651
• Lead Sponsor: Royal Hospital for Women

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2014-05-01
• Study Completion: 2015-04-01
• Last Update Posted: 26 October 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Stopped early
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 49

Inclusion Criteria

1) Adult pregnant women at 35+0 – 36+6 weeks of gestation at time of study enrolment
2) Normal antenatal progress
3) Baseline ability to retain information i.e. no reason to believe woman is not usually capable of giving informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

1) Requiring interpreter to give informed consent to participate
2) Major maternal or fetal pregnancy complication e.g. pre-eclampsia, congenital abormality

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To determine the capacity of pregnant women to comprehend and retain both pregnancy and non-pregnancy related information during labour, as assessed by percentage of questions correctly answered and words remembered from the study's standardised word lists and information provision.[Comprehension testing: Immediately after information provision during labour +/- after information provision at 35-37 weeks gestation.<br>Retention testing: 18-30 hours post-partum.]