Randomised controlled trial of a decision aid for primiparous women making decisions about labour analgesia

Completed

• Conditions: Pregnancy; Pregnancy and Childbirth

• Registration Number: ISRCTN52287533
• Lead Sponsor: Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2004-09-21
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 600

Inclusion Criteria

Primiparous women who are =36 weeks gestation

Exclusion Criteria

1. Women who will not have any choice about analgesia, for example planned caesarean section (eg breech, placenta praevia, HIV)
2. Planned epidural (eg symptomatic heart disease)
3. Contraindications to analgesia (e.g drug sensitivities, anticoagulants, thrombocytopaenia)

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified