Induction of Women With Fear of Labor

Uppsala University Hospital250 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the experience of labor in parous women induced because of fear of labor and, to compare the experience of parous women induced without fear of labor. A comparison with the experience of women delivered with elective cesarean section because of fear of labor is done. In the induced labors, the induction method is amniotomy. Between groups the experience of delivery is evaluated with a questionnaire: Wijma Delivery Expectancy Questionnaire(WEDQ-B). Groups are also compared with regard to time from induction to delivery and rate of operative delivery. Hypotheses: * there is no difference in experience of delivery * there is no difference in time to delivery or rate of operative deliveries

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

250

Conditions

Fear

Interventions

WEDQ-B (questionnaire)OTHER

Questionnaires are answered after delivery; within 48 hours and after five weeks

Eligibility

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * parous * induction or cesarean section * amniotomy Exclusion Criteria: * non proficiency in the Swedish language

Locations (1)

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Akademiska hospital

Uppsala, Sweden

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

experience of delivery

Experience of labor is evaluated with a questionnaire (WEDQ-B) within 48 hours

Time frame: Within 48 hours after delivery

Secondary Outcomes

Operative delivery

within 48 hours from inclusion in the study

Time frame: within 48 hours

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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