Effects of Relaxation and Guided Imagery Training on Pain at Childbirth

Hadassah Medical Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Pain at Childbirth

Treatments: Behavioral: relaxation (breathing and muscles) and guided imagery ("safe place")

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00917332

0256-09-HMO

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether relaxation and guided imagery techniques are effective in reducing childbirth pain.

Enrollment: 110 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• women who carry their first child
• women that carry only one embryo
• women who speaks hebrew

Exclusion criteria

• women who experienced complications in pregnancy.
• women who planning on having an elective Caesarean section.
• women who suffer from background systematic condition (such as high-BP, diabetes).
• women who have psychiatric background.
• women who take chronic medication that might effect childbirth, woman or baby's health.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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110 participants in 2 patient groups

intervention

Experimental group

Description:

55 third trimester women will receive a CD of relaxation and guided imagery (of "safe place"), to practice daily at home until childbirth

Treatment:

Behavioral: relaxation (breathing and muscles) and guided imagery ("safe place")

control

No Intervention group

Description:

55 third trimester women who does not receive the relaxation and guided imagery CD.