Effect of Preemptive Education on the Incidence of Maternal Intraoperative Shivering in Elective Cesarean Delivery

Seoul National University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Spinal Anesthesia; Shivering

Treatments: Behavioral: preemptive education provided by anesthesiologists

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06708169

2408-040-1558

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this study is to learn about the effect of preemptive education on reducing intraoperative maternal shivering in elective cesarean delivery. The main question it aims to answer is:

Does preemptive education by anesthesiologists reduce intraoperative maternal shivering in elective cesarean delivery?

Enrollment: 130 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 19+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 19 years or older
• Gestational age 37 weeks or above
• Elective surgey

Exclusion criteria

• Emergency surgery
• Any sign of onset of labor
• Difficulty with communication
• Contraindications of spinal anesthesia
• Pre-eclampsia

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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130 participants in 2 patient groups

Patients without preoperative education by anesthesiologists

No Intervention group

Description:

Patients get minimal information about the surgical process and their questions will be answered by obstetrician.

Patients with preoperative education by anesthesiologists

Experimental group

Description:

Patients get preemptive education about the whole process from anesthesia to recovery stage within 15 minute by anesthesiologists.

Treatment:

Behavioral: preemptive education provided by anesthesiologists