The Effect of Fatima Ana's Hand on Birth Pain and Duration

Labor Pain Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of Fatima Ana's Hand (Anastatica Hierochuntica) on Birth Pain and Duration: A Randomized Controlled Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05196841
• Other study ID #: KaratayUNI
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 1, 2020
• Est. completion date: November 1, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: November 2021
• Source: KTO Karatay University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Research Question: Does the Anastatica Hierochuntica have an effect on labor pain and duration? Methods: This study was planned as a a double blind randomized controlled experimental study. The study was conducted with 60 pregnant women who were randomized between February 2019 and November 2020 at a university and private hospital located in Anatolia, Turkey.

Description:

Complementary treatment methods during the birth process are supportive therapies. It is applied to meet the physical and psychological care needs, to help cope with pain during childbirth, to increase the quality of life of pregnant women. Mind-body methods, alternative medical methods, biological-based treatment methods, manipulative and body-based methods, and energy therapy methods are used as complementary treatment methods in labor. The focus applied within the scope of mind-body methods is based on the principle of revealing the mental skill that improve bodily functions. One of the methods applied in this direction is Anastatica Hierochuntica.

Anastatika Hierochuntica is a herbaceous plant that can live 1000-2000 years, with dry leaves resembling a fist-closed hand in which it stores its seeds. Known as "Fatma Ana Eli" or "Meryem Ana Eli". This dry ball-shaped plant in the deserts of Namibia comes alive in the rain and turns to green color by opening the folds. After the rain, the leaves of the plant, which stores some water to pass through a new drought period, close again and take a dry appearance.

The plant Anastatica Hierochuntica is known to have a facilitating effect on labor and is frequently used for this purpose during labor. During childbirth, the Anastatica Hierochuntica plant is dropped into a bowl of water. It is believed that as the plant opens, labor will be easier, and the baby will flow like water.

Despite its frequent use, when the literature is examined, no studies hasve been found on the effect of Anastatica Hierochuntica on birth. For this reason, the study was conducted to evaluate the effect of Anastatica Hierochuntica on labor pain and duration.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 60
• Est. completion date: November 1, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: November 1, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years to 50 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Having a singleton pregnancy at 38-42 weeks,

• Pregnant women who had spontaneous labor,

• Pregnant women with a healthy fetus,

• Pregnant women without any complications that may cause dystocia during labor,

• Pregnant women who did not receive analgesia and anesthesia during the first phase of labor,

• Planned vaginal delivery, pregnant women who volunteered to participate in the research

Exclusion Criteria:

pregnant women with high-risk pregnancies, Planned caesarean delivery, pregnant women with chronic diseases

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Labor Long
• Labor Pain

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Anastatica Hierochuntica
During the sampling process, the researcher inquired through women who apply for pregnancy follow-up and contacted the mothers who had some inclusion criteria. Also, the researcher outlined the research plan and objectives. The participants were assessed based on the eligibility criteria and, if they were eligible and willing to participate in the study.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	KTO Karatay University	Konya	Karatay

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
KTO Karatay University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Severity of labor pain	The primary outcomes included the severity of labor pain that was measured by VAS	12 hours
Secondary	Duration of the active phase of labor	The secondary outcomes included the duration of the active phase of labor and the second stage of delivery. The length of delivery stages was recorded in the partograph chart during labor and childbirth by the researcher.	12 hours