Effect of the Involvement of a Medical Clown on the Labor Experience (LaborClown)

Baruch Padeh Medical Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Affective Symptoms

Treatments: Other: clown; Other: Sham

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03171896

baruchPMC

Details and patient eligibility

About

The experience of labor for a woman can be rewarding but can be traumatic. Medical clowning may alleviate the potential for trauma.

Full description

The investigators plan to administer questionnaires to women who will agree to host a clown during their labor and to compare the feedback to those from women who did not.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Singleton pregnancy, Older than 18 years, Younger than 40 years, uncomplicated pregnancy

Exclusion criteria

Pregnancy complicated by PET, premature contractions Muktiple pregnancy, Older than 40 years, Younger than 18 years

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Medical clown

Treatment:

Other: clown

No Intervention

Sham Comparator group

Description:

No clown in the room

Treatment:

Other: Sham