Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT03287258
Perineal Preparation for Pregnant Ladies.
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
- 400 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Kasr El Aini Hospital · Academic / Other
- Sex
- Female
- Age
- 35 Years – 45 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- 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
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | 3 program | The participants will receive 3 programs.The educational pelvic floor dysfunction prevention program, pelvic floor muscle exercise program and perineal massage program will be educated by an investigator during the participant visit 4 weeks before her due date |
| OTHER | one program | The participants will receive one program. That is the educational pelvic floor dysfunction prevention program.The instructions of the program will be given by an investigator once during the participant visit 4 weeks before her due date. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2017-04-25
- Primary completion
- 2017-07-20
- Completion
- 2017-12-31
- First posted
- 2017-09-19
- Last updated
- 2018-11-02
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Egypt
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