Status:

COMPLETED

Can Differentiated Birth Care Improve the Service?

Lead Sponsor:

Ostfold Hospital Trust

Collaborating Sponsors:

University of Tromso

Conditions:

Low Risk Birth; Births With Low Risk Factor

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Prospective evaluation of birth complication in three differently staffed and equipped units in the same hospital.

Detailed Description

The study will include approximately 1000 normal births in a county hospital. The mothers are randomly assigned to one of three different maternal wards; one run by midwives, one normally equipped acc...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Healthy mother, normal pregnancy, no prior operations on the uterus, no prior birth complications, no condition with negative effect on pregnancy or birth,one fetus in head position, spontaneously going into birth between week 36,1 and 41,6 of pregnancy,normal cardiotocograph test BMI of 32 or less, smoking no more than 10 cigarettes per day, wants to participate in the study and signs the consent form.

Exclusion

  • Any condition that has negative effect on the pregnancy or the birth, more than one fetus, all other positions than head position, induction of labor,pre term or post term birth, BMI of more than 32, smoking more than 10 cigarettes per day, does not want to participate.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2006

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2013

Estimated Enrollment :

1111 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00857129

Start Date

September 1 2006

End Date

December 1 2013

Last Update

October 20 2014

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Ostfold Hospital Trust

Fredrikstad, Norway, 1603