The Effect of Guided Imagery on the Third Stage of Labor

Bleeding Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of Guided Imagery on the Third Stage of Labor

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00826735
• Other study ID #: 070035
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: January 20, 2009
• Last updated: January 21, 2009
• Start date: January 2007
• Est. completion date: December 2007

Study information

• Verified date: January 2009
• Source: Vanderbilt University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of guided imagery on the third stage of labor. Blood loss from hemorrhage during childbirth, most commonly due to uterine atony, is one of the leading causes of maternal mortality in the United States and the leading cause of maternal death worldwide. The hypothesis was that the use of physiologic guided imagery would reduce the amount of bleeding during the third stage of labor.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 0
• Est. completion date: December 2007
• Est. primary completion date: December 2007
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years to 34 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• 18 years of age or older but less than 35 years

• English as her primary language

• fetus in a cephalic presentation

• singleton pregnancy

• 36 to 38 estimated gestational weeks

• no contraindications to vaginal delivery

• maternal weight less than 200 pounds prior to pregnancy

Exclusion Criteria:

• more than four previous children

• a history of postpartum hemorrhage

• bleeding disorder

• seizure disorder

• polyhydramnios

• diabetes (including gestational)

• hypertension

• cardiac disease

• uterine fibroids

• anemia (hematocrit less than 30)

• intrauterine fetal demise or tobacco use

Study Design

Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Bleeding
• Childbirth
• Guided Imagery
• Third Stage of Labor

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Guided imagery
A relaxation focused guided imagery intervention was used through the remainder of pregnancy plus a physiologic guided imagery intervention was used during the third stage of labor.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville	Tennessee

Sponsors (4)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Vanderbilt University	American College of Nurse-Midwive - ACNM Foundation, Sigma Theta Tau International, Delta Psi chapter, Sigma Theta Tau International, Iota chapter

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Blood Loss			No
Secondary	Length of third stage of labor			No