Pain Relief at First Stage Clinical Trial
Official title:
Pain Relief by Applying Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) on Acupuncture Points During the First Stage of Labour: a Randomised Controlled Trial
Verified date | September 2005 |
Source | Chang Gung Memorial Hospital |
Contact | n/a |
Is FDA regulated | No |
Health authority | United States: Institutional Review Board |
Study type | Observational |
We aimed to establish the reduction of labor pain by applying TENS at acupuncture points during the first stage of labour, to assess their efficacy, and to ascertain their acceptability.
Status | Active, not recruiting |
Enrollment | 100 |
Est. completion date | December 2003 |
Est. primary completion date | |
Accepts healthy volunteers | Accepts Healthy Volunteers |
Gender | Female |
Age group | 20 Years to 40 Years |
Eligibility |
Inclusion Criteria: The inclusion criteria were: - Voluntary informed participation to the study - An initial wish to deliver without epidural analgesia - Planned vaginal childbirth (non-obstetrical complicated pregnancy) - Fetal vertex presentation - Term pregnancy (>37 weeks of gestation) - Apply at 1st stage of labour and excluded if cervical dilatation > 5 cm - Age between 20 and 40 years - Chinese speaking, capable to understand the study - No experience of pain relief by systemic or epidural anesthesia in previous delivery - No experience in acupuncture or TENS in other field - Had no heart disease nor using pace-maker. Exclusion Criteria: - Cervical dilatation > 5 cm - Experience of pain relief by systemic or epidural anesthesia in previous delivery - Experience in acupuncture or TENS in other field - Had heart disease or using pace-maker |
Allocation: Random Sample, Time Perspective: Longitudinal
Country | Name | City | State |
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Taiwan | Chang Gung Memorial Hospital | Tao-Yuan |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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Chang Gung Memorial Hospital |
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