Does Having a Spouse Present During Epidural Analgesia Affect Stress Levels in the Parturient and Her Spouse?
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Labor Pain
- Interventions
- Behavioral: stress level
- Registration Number
- NCT00763126
- Lead Sponsor
- Rabin Medical Center
- Brief Summary
It is unclear the effect of a spouse's presence on the partureint's and the spouse's stress level during the performance of epidural analgesia during labor.
Couples will be randomized to two groups: one group where the spouse is present during the performance of epidural analgesia and the second where the spouse is not present.
Before and after epidural anlgesia, both the spouse and parturient will be have their blood pressure and pulse checked. In addition, both will have their salivary amylase measured.
Salivary amylase is an enzyme whic has been foud to correlate directly with stress levels. To check this enzyme, a sample of saliva is given.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 200
Inclusion Criteria
- Healthy term parturients
Exclusion Criteria
- Diabetes
- Preterm labor
- Mouth pathologies
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Spouse present, stress level - spouse absent stress level -
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Stress levels 1 year
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method hemodynamic parameters 1 year
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Rabin Medical Center
🇮🇱Petach Tikvah, Israel