Effect of Prenatal Education on Perceptions of Epidural Acceptance

Santa Clara Valley Health & Hospital System

Status: Completed

Conditions: Labor Pain

Treatments: Behavioral: Prenatal education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01709591

10-081

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to determine if targeted prenatal educational program on womens' perceptions of epidural increases the acceptance of intrapartum epidural analgesia relative to the control group.

Full description

Racial/ethnic disparities exist in the proportion of patients receiving epidural analgesia. The purpose of our study is to determine if culturally-sensitive educational program targeting womens' perceptions of epidural increases the acceptance of intrapartum epidural use.

Enrollment: 111 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 50 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Women with viable intrauterine gestation seeking prenatal care
2. Candidates for Intrapartum epidural analgesia

Exclusion criteria

1. Intrapartum epidural analgesia is contraindicated
2. Trial of labor is contraindicated.
3. Patients planning an elective cesarean

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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111 participants in 2 patient groups

No Prenatal education

No Intervention group

Description:

These subjects will be randomized to receive routine prenatal epidural class (control group).

Receives Prenatal Education

Active Comparator group

Description:

Subjects randomized to this group will receive educational video addressing the cultural and perceptions regarding the myths on epidural in either English or Spanish (Keeping an Open Mind: choices in Labor Anaglesia: an educational produce of the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and perinatology)

Treatment:

Behavioral: Prenatal education