Models for Evaluate the Proximity of the Moon on the Frequency of Births

Establish the Relationship Between Moon and Births Clinical Trial

Official title:

Two Models for Evaluate the Effect of the Proximity of the Moon on the Frequency of Births. Study on Mexican Population

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02277873
• Other study ID #: HGM-CRP1
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: July 17, 2014
• Last updated: October 28, 2014
• Start date: January 2009
• Est. completion date: March 2014

Study information

• Verified date: October 2014
• Source: Hospital General de Mexico
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Mexico: Ethics Committee
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to establish the relationship between moon and births through two analytic models.

Description:

Retrospective, descriptive and observational study. Classical model performs comparisons of births among lunar periods, lineal, cubical and exponential estimation was performed in the SPSS software and the inflection point of the curve was estimated using the formula x=[In (1/ebx)]/ebx in the Geogebra model. The significance was establish by a p value of ≤ 0.05 (95% IC).

The second analysis was performed by the difference of media between all the stages of the moon cycle as in another trials. The difference was establish by the T-student test. The difference between groups was performed by the one way ANOVA test.

This study had the review and approval from the Ethics Committee of the institution and according with Mexican regulation, and in adherence to the Helsinki declaration and International Conference for Harmonisation

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 25152
• Est. completion date: March 2014
• Est. primary completion date: June 2013
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Female
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant women from January 2009 until June 2013

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant women from any other period of time

Study Design

Observational Model: Ecologic or Community, Time Perspective: Retrospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Establish the Relationship Between Moon and Births

Intervention

Behavioral:
• pregnancy
Observational study in order to establish relationship between moon and births

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Mexico	Hospital General de Cuautitlan	Cuautitlan	Estado de Mexico

Sponsors (4)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Christian Ramos Penafiel	Hospital General de Mexico, Instituto de Salud del Estado de Mexico, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Mexico, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	First model of analysis (Classic model)	Initial association was tempted to be done based on previous analysis described.; The "Gibada moon" phase showed a significant difference versus Full moon and new moon, due to average birth is increased in this phase	up to 12 months	No
Secondary	Second model of analysis. Luminosity - Births	For this analysis, the moon luminosity was estimated as percentage (%), as a measure of proximity between moon and the earth, and was correlated to number of births. More the percentage of light is, closest to the earth the moon is.	up to 34 weeks	No