NCT03108170

Digital Perineal Massage and Pelvic Floor Muscle Exercise During Pregnancy for Prevention of Perineal Laceration

Digital Perineal Massage and Pelvic Floor Muscle Exercise as an Antenatal Program for Prevention of Perineal Trauma in Elderly Women, a Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 90 (actual)
• Sponsor: Cairo University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 35 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Pregnant participants will be recruited at the obstetrics outpatient clinic during their visits 4 weeks before the due date. They are randomized into two groups. The first group will be educated to do digital perineal massage. They will be also educated to do pelvic floor muscle exercises and will receive the usual education program for strengthening the pelvic floor. The second group will receive the usual education program for strengthening the pelvic floor. Occurrence of perineal laceration will be reported at time of delivery.

Detailed description

Pregnant participants will be recruited at the obstetrics outpatient clinic during their visits 4 weeks before the due date. They are randomized into two groups. The first group will be educated to do digital perineal massage. They will be also educated to do pelvic floor muscle exercises and will receive the usual educational pelvic floor dysfunction prevention program for strengthening the pelvic floor. The second group will receive the usual education program for strengthening the pelvic floor. Occurrence of perineal laceration will be reported at time of delivery.

Conditions

• Delivery; Injury, Maternal

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	perineal massage program	The participant will perform digital massage of her perineal area 5 minutes daily starting four weeks before delivery till her actual labour day
OTHER	Pelvic floor muscle exercise program	The participant will perform pelvic floor muscle exercise daily starting four weeks before delivery till her actual labour day
OTHER	Educational pelvic floor dysfunction prevention program	This educational pelvic floor dysfunction prevention program includes instructions about: control of her weight, adequate cleaning for the perineal area, adequate fluid intake, smoking cessation, right posture and frequency of micturition and adequate ingestion of fiber to avoid constipation

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-04-12
• Primary completion: 2018-12-20
• Completion: 2018-12-25
• First posted: 2017-04-11
• Last updated: 2020-07-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt