The Effect of Guided Imagery on the Third Stage of Labor
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Blood Loss
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of guided imagery on the third stage of labor. Blood loss from hemorrhage during childbirth, most commonly due to uterine atony, is one of the leading causes of maternal mortality in the United States and the leading cause of maternal death worldwide. The hypothesis was that the use of physiologic guided imagery would reduce the amount of bleeding during the third stage of labor.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 主要目的
- Prevention
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 34 Years(Adult)
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •18 years of age or older but less than 35 years
- •English as her primary language
- •fetus in a cephalic presentation
- •singleton pregnancy
- •36 to 38 estimated gestational weeks
- •no contraindications to vaginal delivery
- •maternal weight less than 200 pounds prior to pregnancy
排除标准
- •more than four previous children
- •a history of postpartum hemorrhage
- •bleeding disorder
- •seizure disorder
- •polyhydramnios
- •diabetes (including gestational)
- •hypertension
- •cardiac disease
- •uterine fibroids
- •anemia (hematocrit less than 30)
- •intrauterine fetal demise or tobacco use
研究组 & 干预措施
Guided imagery
The experimental group received a relaxation focused guided imagery intervention to use through the remainder of pregnancy plus a physiologic guided imagery intervention during the third stage of labor. These interventions were scripted and prerecorded on CDs.
干预措施: Guided imagery (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Blood Loss
次要结局
- Length of third stage of labor
