Individual Choice of Delivery Mode

Delivery Mode Clinical Trial

Official title:

Individual Choice of Delivery Mode - A Prospective Study Using Online Surveys

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03131830
• Other study ID #: DECISION
• Status: Completed
• Start date: April 1, 2017
• Est. completion date: May 1, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: April 2017
• Source: University Women's Hospital Tübingen
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The primary aim of the study is to investigate personal attitudes regarding mode of delivery among both medical health care professionals and non-professionals. The investigators are also investigating whether providing detailed information that might influence one's decision regarding mode of delivery (such as education on pelvic floor disorders or advantages or disadvantages of epidural anaesthesia) will change participants´ opinion how to determine their preferred mode of delivery.

Description:

The choice of delivery mode is an individual decision that is affected by personal opinions and feelings about what might be best for one's own body and child. Increasing awareness about the risks of vaginal delivery has led to an increasing rate of cesearean delivery on maternal request.

The primary aim of the study is to investigate personal attitudes regarding mode of delivery among both medical health care professionals and non-professionals. The investigators are also investigating whether providing detailed information that might influence one's decision regarding mode of delivery (such as education on pelvic floor disorders or advantages or disadvantages of epidural anaesthesia) will change participants´ opinion how to determine their preferred mode of delivery.

A secondary aim of the survey is to gather information about personal attitudes regarding:

• epidural anaesthesia for pain relief during delivery

• systems of risk stratification

• postnatal recovery exercises The data will be acquired with an online questionnaire designed for this study. There will be two groups in this study. The first group ("medical professionals") consists of gynecologists with either subspecialization (urogynecology , fetal and maternal medicine, obstetrics, other) and other non-OB/GYN health care providers and medical staff, regardless whether they are nurses, medical assistants, physicians, physiotherapists, midwifes, administration staff. The group of "non-professionals" consists of women who are currently pregnant, and are not healthcare professionals.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 2605
• Est. completion date: May 1, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: January 1, 2018
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• able to fill out a questionnaire

Exclusion Criteria:

• minor people

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Delivery Mode

Intervention

Other:
• Online-based questionnaire
Participants receive a web-link to a questionnaire, which is active for 3 months

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Germany	University Women's Hospital	Tübingen

Sponsors (4)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University Women's Hospital Tübingen	Deutsches Beckenbodenzentrum, Berlin, Germany, Universitätsfrauenklinik, Heidelberg, Germany, University of Michigan

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Germany, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Delivery mode	Choice of delivery mode	3 months