Birth Ball Versus Meperidine and Haloperidol Injection for Pain Relief During First Stage of Labour

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2016-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

The study was performed at Gregorio Marañón Hospital birth centre. A Randomised Clinical Trial comparing the two methods of pain relief in the first time of labour was carried out. In this study, 110 women in the first stage of labour were allocated in two study groups by a randomised block design. One of them used the birth ball as a pain relief method,and the other one used pethidine and haloperidol injection.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañon
• Treatments: Haloperidol; Haloperidol decanoate; Meperidine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• healthy pregnant women

• women in the first stage of labour or women at induction of labour

• fetal head in pelvis or whole amniotic membranes

• must be able to understand spanish

Exclusion Criteria:

• intrapartum meconium

• needed of continuous fetal monitoring

• suspecte/compromise fetal wellbeing

• morbidly obese women

• unaccompanied women