Effect of the Involvement of a Medical Clown on the Labor Experience

Affective Symptoms Clinical Trial

— LaborClown  

Official title:

Effect of the Involvement of a Medical Clown on the Labor Experience

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03171896
• Other study ID #: baruchPMC
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: October 25, 2016
• Last updated: May 28, 2017
• Start date: November 1, 2017
• Est. completion date: December 2018

Study information

• Verified date: May 2017
• Source: The Baruch Padeh Medical Center, Poriya
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The experience of labor for a woman can be rewarding but can be traumatic. Medical clowning may alleviate the potential for trauma.

Description:

The investigators plan to administer questionnaires to women who will agree to host a clown during their labor and to compare the feedback to those from women who did not.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 40
• Est. completion date: December 2018
• Est. primary completion date: December 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

Singleton pregnancy, Older than 18 years, Younger than 40 years, uncomplicated pregnancy

Exclusion Criteria:

Pregnancy complicated by PET, premature contractions Muktiple pregnancy, Older than 40 years, Younger than 18 years

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Affective Symptoms

Intervention

Other:
• clown
A medical clown will be offerred to the parturient and will spend time with her during labor as long as she will want it
• Sham
No clown will be present in the room during labor

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
The Baruch Padeh Medical Center, Poriya

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Mood and satisfaction after labor	Women will answer questionairs which will be summarized and analyzed	the day after delivery