Trials / Unknown
UnknownNCT03171896
Effect of the Involvement of a Medical Clown on the Labor Experience
- Status
- Unknown
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 40 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- The Baruch Padeh Medical Center, Poriya · Other Government
- Sex
- Female
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
The experience of labor for a woman can be rewarding but can be traumatic. Medical clowning may alleviate the potential for trauma.
Detailed description
The investigators plan to administer questionnaires to women who will agree to host a clown during their labor and to compare the feedback to those from women who did not.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | clown | A medical clown will be offerred to the parturient and will spend time with her during labor as long as she will want it |
| OTHER | Sham | No clown will be present in the room during labor |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2017-11-01
- Primary completion
- 2018-12-01
- Completion
- 2018-12-01
- First posted
- 2017-05-31
- Last updated
- 2017-05-31
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03171896. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.