Effect of Date Fruit Consumption in Later Pregnancy

Pak Emirates Military Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Labor Long

Treatments: Other: Dates group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05105893

13102021

Details and patient eligibility

About

EFFECT OF DATE FRUIT CONSUMPTION IN LATER PREGNANCY ON LENGTH OF GESTATION LABOR AND DELIVERY OF NULLIPAROUS WOMEN

Full description

This randomized, controlled study was conducted at the Gynecology and Obstetrics department of Pak Emirates Military Hospital for Six months duration from Jan 2021 to June 2021. Ethical consent for the study was taken from the Ethical Committee. All participants have signed the written consent. Healthy primigravida's at more than 37 weeks of gestation with no prenatal complications (low-risk pregnancies) or chronic diseases were invited to contribute in the analysis.

The criteria of exclusion included all primigravida and non-primigravida with prenatal problems. Prenatal complications included placenta praevia, rupture of membranes, multiple pregnancies, diabetes, hypertension and additional health problems, fetal abnormalities, fetal growth restriction or any contraindication to delivery by vagina.

The females who met the eligibility criteria were contacted and provided information related to the analysis. In the preliminary phase of contact with potential volunteers, the study was presented as a participant's usage of dates to expedite delivery. The randomization arrangement was performed by means of sealed envelopes numbered from 1 to 10, equally allocated by randomization to the date-consumers and the group of control. Therefore, they will be allocated to dates consumer or control group recipients.

Enrollment: 142 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 40 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All primigravidas at 37 or more weeks gestation with low risk pregnancies

Exclusion criteria

• Any antenatal complications Preterm pregnancies

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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142 participants in 2 patient groups

Dates group

Other group

Description:

The experimental group of women was given several dates orally and instructed to take seven a day and record their consumption until the beginning of the active phase of labor. Seven pieces of dates are about 80g of daily consumption

Treatment:

Other: Dates group

No dates

Other group

Description:

This group wasnt provided dates.

Treatment:

Other: Dates group