NCT07516171

A Digital Educational Resource to Improve Preparedness for Shared Decision Making About Labour Analgesia

A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Digital Educational Resource to Improve Preparedness for Shared Decision Making About Labour Analgesia

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 200 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 55 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Labour analgesia decisions are often made under time pressure, while in pain, which may lead patients to feel unprepared or uninformed. Shared decision-making (SDM) enhances patient satisfaction, promotes alignment with personal values, and improves trust in clinical care. Digital tools can support SDM by providing accessible, evidence-based information. The Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP) is an international organization made up of doctors who specialize in managing pain and anesthesia during pregnancy. Their focus is the wellbeing and safety of mothers and their babies from early pregnancy through delivery and recovery. The Painless Push digital resource educates mothers about ways to manage pain during labour. This trial aims to evaluate whether directing patients to access to the website https://thepainlesspush.com/ improves preparedness for shared decision-making compared to the current care, which is access to the Mount Sinai Obstetric Anesthesia website.

Conditions

• Labour Analgesia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Preparation for Decision Making (PrepDM) Scale	Electronic questionnaire: (PrepDM) Scale, a 10-item validated tool scored from 0 to 100.
OTHER	Questionnaire	Electronic questionnaire, to determine clarity and understanding. Scored on 5-point Likert scale.

Timeline

• Start date: 2026-04-01
• Primary completion: 2026-12-01
• Completion: 2026-12-01
• First posted: 2026-04-07
• Last updated: 2026-04-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada