Comparative Study Between Using WHO Labour Care Guide & Modified WHO Partograph

Hend Mahmoud Abdelghany230 enrolled

Overview

This randomized clinical trial is based on comparing the efficiency of modified WHO partographs vs. the new WHO labour care guide in monitoring and assessing the outcome of labour.

A group of primiparous women in first stage of labour will be randomized into two groups then monitored during first stage of labour. First group will be monitored by modified WHO partograph. The rest of participants will be monitored by WHO labour care Guide. The labour will be monitored regarding progress rate, mode of delivery.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

230

Conditions

Labor Onset and Length Abnormalities 37 or More Completed Weeks of Gestation First Birth

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 35 YearsHealthy volunteers:

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Inclusion Criteria: * Primiparous women. * Term gestation between 37 and 40 weeks. * Maternal age from 18 -35 years * Body mass index BMI of 18.5 to 29.9 kg/m2 * Cephalic presentation. 6. Active first stage of labour Exclusion Criteria: * Women with any medical comorbidities, such as (hypertension, diabetes mellitus, renal disease, or pulmonary disease). * Women with presence of any obstetrical complications, such as preterm birth, multiple gestation, breech presentation, postdated pregnancy, or bad obstetrical history. * women who were given intrapartum epidural analgesia.

Locations (1)

kasr Al Aini, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University

Cairo, Old Cairo, Egypt

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Rate of primary caesarean section

number of women will undergo Caesarean section after monitoring, whether by Modified WHO partograph or a labour care Guide

Time frame: First and second stage of labour

Secondary Outcomes

Duration of active phase of first stage of labour

Time frame: First stage of labour

Duration of second stage of labour

Time frame: Second stage of labour

need for oxytocin use

Time frame: First stage of labour

Central Contacts

Hend M Abdelghany, MD

CONTACT

+2001099638741 hendabdelghany@outlook.com

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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