Birth Ball Versus Meperidine and Haloperidol Injection for Pain Relief During First Stage of Labour

Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañon110 enrolled

Overview

The study was performed at Gregorio Marañón Hospital birth centre. A Randomised Clinical Trial comparing the two methods of pain relief in the first time of labour was carried out. In this study, 110 women in the first stage of labour were allocated in two study groups by a randomised block design. One of them used the birth ball as a pain relief method,and the other one used pethidine and haloperidol injection.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

110

Conditions

Parturition Humanizing Deliver Labor Pain Natural Childbirth Labor Onset First Labor Stage

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 45 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * healthy pregnant women * women in the first stage of labour or women at induction of labour * fetal head in pelvis or whole amniotic membranes * must be able to understand spanish Exclusion Criteria: * intrapartum meconium * needed of continuous fetal monitoring * suspecte/compromise fetal wellbeing * morbidly obese women * unaccompanied women

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

pain

We use a numeric scale, since 0 ( no pain) to 10 (the greatest pain), to measure this item. We use it with women in the first stage of labour, with labor pain

Time frame: 24 months

Secondary Outcomes

Baby´s apgar

We use the apgar Test to measure this item. Since 0 to 10.We use it after birth, with babies of women who are in our study.