Effects of Relaxation and Guided Imagery Training on Pain at Childbirth
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Pain at Childbirth
- Interventions
- Behavioral: relaxation (breathing and muscles) and guided imagery ("safe place")
- Registration Number
- NCT00917332
- Lead Sponsor
- Hadassah Medical Organization
- Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether relaxation and guided imagery techniques are effective in reducing childbirth pain.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 110
Inclusion Criteria
- women who carry their first child
- women that carry only one embryo
- women who speaks hebrew
Exclusion Criteria
- women who experienced complications in pregnancy.
- women who planning on having an elective Caesarean section.
- women who suffer from background systematic condition (such as high-BP, diabetes).
- women who have psychiatric background.
- women who take chronic medication that might effect childbirth, woman or baby's health.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description intervention relaxation (breathing and muscles) and guided imagery ("safe place") 55 third trimester women will receive a CD of relaxation and guided imagery (of "safe place"), to practice daily at home until childbirth
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method rating of pain experienced during childbirth on pain VAS one time - during hospitalization after childbirth
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method rate and the starting time of receiving regional anesthesia (epidural) at childbirth
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Hadassah Ein-Kerem Haspitol
🇮🇱Jerusalem, Israel