NCT04086277

Continuous Intrapartum Support to Reduce Primary Cesarean

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 115 (actual)
• Sponsor: IMSS Hospital General de Zona 4, Celaya, Guanajauto, Mexico · Other Government
• Sex: Female
• Age: 14 Years – 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The objective of the study was to evaluate the intervention of intrapartum continuous support by a professional nurse with a university degree to reduce the nulliparous, term, singleton, vertex (NTSV) cesarean birth rate, in women pregnant less than 40 years in the HGZ No. 4 of the Guanajuato delegation of the Mexican Institute of Social Security, Mexico

Detailed description

Continuous intrapartum support is a strategy used to decrease the cesarean section rate, where multiple factors influence its effectiveness (start and duration of support, professional training of support staff, and others.). The objective of the study was to decrease the rate of deliveries by cesarean, through continuous intrapartum support during the active phase until birth, by a professional nurse with a university degree, the support was based on three basic aspects: 1) emotional support, 2) physical support and comfort measures and 3) information and counseling, for which a quasi-experimental study was conducted, with a study population of 115 women in labour (nulliparous, full-term, single product, vertex position) and under 40 years, a group control was formed (n = 55) who received routine maternal care and a study group (n = 60) who received continuous intrapartum support.

Conditions

• Cesarean Section Complications

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Continuous Intrapartum Support	Received the usual obstetric care plus continuous intrapartum support that was provided by a Bachelor of Nursing and Obstetrics who received prior training by a professional doula.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-10-01
• Primary completion: 2018-12-31
• Completion: 2018-12-31
• First posted: 2019-09-11
• Last updated: 2019-09-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Mexico