The effect of saffron syrup on the labor pain intensity, anxiety and duration of labor
- Conditions
- ormal labor and delivery.Spontaneous vertex delivery
- Registration Number
- IRCT201507073706N26
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice chancellor for research, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 96
aged 18 to 35 years; nulliparous; gestational age of 38 to 41 weeks; spontaneous onset of labor; singleton pregnancy with estimated fetal weight of 2500 to 4000 grams and cephalic presentation; no use of any herbal and anti anxiety drugs in the past 12 hours; reactive non stress test; body mass index of 19.8 to 30 kg/m²; having 8 years education or higher.
Exclusion criteria: history of surgery on the uterus, cervix or vagina; allergy to saffron; known chronic diseases including hypertension, diabetes, diseases of the respiratory, cardiovascular, endocrine, etc.; history of mental illnesses; speech, hearing, visual or mental problems; known indications for caesarean section; premature rupture of membranes for more than 12 hours; any known fetal abnormalities; known fetal growth retardation
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Severity of labor pain. Timepoint: every one hour from about 3 cm cervical dilation to the end of the second stage of labor; one and 18 to 24 hours after delivery. Method of measurement: visual analogue scale (VAS) for pain.;Intensity of anxiety. Timepoint: at baseline, 3 to 4 hours after starting intervention, and 18 to 24 postpartum. Method of measurement: Spielberger state questionnaire and visual analogue scale for anexity.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method