Effects of Remote Intercessory Prayer

Remote Intercessory Prayer Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effects of Remote Intercessory Prayer in Outcomes of Pregnants Women: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01053780
• Other study ID #: UNESC
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: January 19, 2010
• Last updated: January 20, 2010
• Start date: August 2008
• Est. completion date: January 2010

Study information

• Verified date: October 2009
• Source: Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense - Unidade Academica de Ciecias da Saude
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Brazil: National Information System on Research Ethics
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Intercessory prayer can improve the outcome of pregnancies?

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 565
• Est. completion date: January 2010
• Est. primary completion date: March 2009
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 15 Years to 45 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• be pregnant, belong to the public health system

Exclusion Criteria:

• no consent to participate in the research

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Remote Intercessory Prayer

Intervention

Other:
• Intercessory Prayer
A committed group of six people selected by the chief investigator prayed nine consecutive days for the patients in the intervention group; they were blind to the identity , the patients' first name, were given to the intercessors.

Behavioral:
• Intercessory Prayer
A committed group of six people selected by the chief investigator prayed nine consecutive days for the patients in the intervention group; they were blind to the identity , the patients' first name, were given to the intercessors.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Brazil	Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense	Criciuma	SC
Brazil	Maria Inês da Rosa	Criciúma	Santa Catarina
Brazil	Universidade do Extremo Sul catarinense	Criciúma	Santa Catarina

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense - Unidade Academica de Ciecias da Saude

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Brazil, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Apgar score		birth . The time to collect the outcome must be at least the tenth day after making randomization. If the birth occurs before the patient will be excluded from the study.	Yes
Secondary	type of delivery complications in childbirth		birth or abortion. There isn't a pre-determined time. Must be at least 9 days after randomization to allow time to be done the intervention (intercessory prayer)	Yes