Status:

COMPLETED

A Swedish Trial of Birth on a Birthing Seat

Lead Sponsor:

Helsingborgs Hospital

Collaborating Sponsors:

Stig and Ragna Gorthons foundation

Conditions:

Parturition

Eligibility:

FEMALE

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) advises against recumbent or supine position for longer periods during labour and birth and states that caregivers should encourage and support the wom...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • The pilot study included primiparous women who understood the Swedish language sufficiently well to receive information and give informed consent or refusal for participation.
  • Pregnancy must have been normal, with a singleton fetus in cephalic presentation and the onset of labour occurring between gestation weeks 37 + 0 and 41 + 6.
  • Women having diet treated pregnancy diabetes were also included.
  • Obstetric primiparous women with former caesarean section were included as well as those induced because of premature rupture of membranes (PROM).

Exclusion

  • Multiparous women were excluded from the pilot study.
  • Primiparous women were excluded in cases of birth before week 36 + 6, breech presentation, maternal BMI over 30, multiple pregnancy or infectious disease.
  • Primiparous women with pre-eclampsia or other conditions that require medical care were not eligible for the pilot study.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

November 1 2005

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

May 1 2006

Estimated Enrollment :

68 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01164657

Start Date

November 1 2005

End Date

May 1 2006

Last Update

July 19 2010

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Helsingborgs Hospital

Helsingborg, Skåne County, Sweden, 25187