The primary objective is to assess if the utilization of a decision-aid increases the likelihood of low-risk nulliparous women undergoing elective induction of labor at 39.0-39.6 weeks
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
2
A tablet computer-based decision-aid was developed by the study investigators based on the standards of the International Patient Decision Aid Standards Collaboration9
control group
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, Texas, United States
Number of subjects who decided to undergo elective induction of labor at 39.0-39.6 weeks after utilization of a decision-aid
Number of subjects who decided to undergo elective induction of labor at 39.0-39.6 weeks after utilization of a decision-aid
Time frame: 4 weeks
Composite neonatal morbidity
Composite neonatal morbidity among (CNM) is any of the following: 1) Apgar score \< 7 at 5 min, 2) umbilical arterial pH \< 7.00, 3) intraventricular hemorrhage grade III or IV, 4) periventricular leukomalacia, 5) intubation for over 24 hrs, 6) necrotizing enterocolitis grade 2 or 3, 7) stillbirth or 8) death within 28 days of birth.
Time frame: at delivery
Maternal morbidities
Number of subjects with morbidities as described by American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG)
Time frame: 1 week
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