Status:

COMPLETED

"Connected Caesarean Section": Creating a Virtual Link Between Mothers and Their Infants to Improve Maternal Childbirth Experience: A Pilot Trial

Lead Sponsor:

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois

Collaborating Sponsors:

University of Lausanne

Conditions:

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Childbirth Experience

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

One third of mothers rate their childbirth as traumatic. The prevalence of childbirth-related posttraumatic stress disorder (CB-PTSD) is of 4.7% and the prevalence of childbirth-related posttraumatic ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Women aged 18 years old or older
  • Planned or unplanned CS at ≥ 34 weeks gestation
  • Gave birth to a healthy baby according to pediatric evaluation (APGAR score ≥ 7 at 5 minutes)
  • Gave oral consent followed by a written confirmation of consent
  • Skin-to-skin contact is not possible or was prematurely interrupted
  • Speaks French well enough to participate in study assessments
  • Eligibility confirmed by an independent physician for the intervention group
  • Partner gave oral consent to be filmed for the intervention group.

Exclusion

  • Has an established intellectual disability or psychotic illness
  • Has photosensitive epilepsy
  • Caesarean section under general anesthesia

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 8 2022

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

November 17 2022

Estimated Enrollment :

71 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05319665

Start Date

April 8 2022

End Date

November 17 2022

Last Update

August 1 2023

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Prof. Antje Horsch

Lausanne, Switzerland, 1010