eDoula: The Feasibility and Acceptability of Mobile Application in Pregnancy, Labor, and Birth Support
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Recruiting
- Enrollment
- 60
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- eDoula App Use
Study Overview
Brief Summary
eDoula is an app that will give patients reading material and videos to watch based on their due date. It also provides helpful postpartum guidance. First, patients without access to the app will be recruited and surveyed on their labor and satisfaction outcomes. Then, recruitment will begin for the intervention arm of the study. Participants will be recruited to use the app and complete a survey during the postpartum period.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Non Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Sequential
- Primary Purpose
- Other
- Masking
- None
Masking Description
No masking
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to 50 Years (Adult)
- Sex
- Female
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Nulliparous
- •Singleton pregnancy
- •English speaking
- •Own a smart phone or other device capable of downloading and running the eDoula app
- •Delivered at 36 weeks 0 days gestation or later
- •Able to labor
Exclusion Criteria
- •Planned cesarean delivery
- •Pregnancy complications including placenta accreta spectrum, vasa previa, intrauterine fetal demise, or known major fetal anomaly
- •Delivery planned at a location other than Oregon Health and Science University
Arms & Interventions
Control
These participants will receive routine pregnancy and delivery care.
eDoula Intervention
These participants will have access to the eDoula app during pregnancy.
Intervention: eDoula App (Other)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
eDoula App Use
Time Frame: Recruitment (19-28 weeks gestation) to delivery
The number of days during pregnancy that the eDoula app was used
Satisfaction with eDoula app
Time Frame: Measured in the 7 days following delivery
Participant-reported satisfaction with the eDoula app using a 3-question Likert scale. Scores can have a value from 3 to 15, with a higher score indicating greater satisfaction.
Secondary Outcomes
- Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R)(Measured in the 7 days following delivery)
- Labor Agentry Scale-10 (LAS-10)(Measured in the 7 days following delivery)
- Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS)(Measured in the 7 days following delivery)
Investigators
Fei Cai
Principal Investigator
Oregon Health and Science University