NCT00826735

The Effect of Guided Imagery on the Third Stage of Labor

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: —
• Sponsor: Vanderbilt University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 34 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

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.

Conditions

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

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
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.

Timeline

• Start date: 2007-01-01
• Primary completion: 2007-12-01
• Completion: 2007-12-01
• First posted: 2009-01-22
• Last updated: 2009-01-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States