eDoula Feasibility and Acceptability

Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Pregnancy Related

Treatments: Other: eDoula App

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06785467

OHSU IRB 27596

Details and patient eligibility

About

eDoula is an app that will give patients reading material and videos to watch based on their due date. It also provides helpful postpartum guidance. First, patients without access to the app will be recruited and surveyed on their labor and satisfaction outcomes. Then, recruitment will begin for the intervention arm of the study. Participants will be recruited to use the app and complete a survey during the postpartum period.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 50 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Nulliparous
• Singleton pregnancy
• English speaking
• Own a smart phone or other device capable of downloading and running the eDoula app
• Delivered at 36 weeks 0 days gestation or later
• Able to labor

Exclusion criteria

• Planned cesarean delivery
• Pregnancy complications including placenta accreta spectrum, vasa previa, intrauterine fetal demise, or known major fetal anomaly
• Delivery planned at a location other than Oregon Health and Science University

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Sequential Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

These participants will receive routine pregnancy and delivery care.

eDoula Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

These participants will have access to the eDoula app during pregnancy.

Treatment:

Other: eDoula App