Labor and Delivery Doula Program to Reduce Perinatal Morbidity and Mortality in Kansas

University of Kansas

Status: Completed

Conditions: Prenatal Care; Doula Care; Pregnancy Related; Black Maternal and Infant Health

Treatments: Behavioral: Doula Care

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07157059

IRB STUDY00149318 (Other Identifier)

FP00000002 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

STUDY00161314

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study was done to learn how doula-enhanced care provided to Black birthing people improved perceived communication and quality care.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 16 to 50 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Black birthing people
• Received care and plan to delivery at the University of Kansas Medical Center
• Scored positive to social determinants of health screener
• Gestational age between 14-27.6 weeks at enrollment

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnancy not viable or pregnancy not intrauterine on ultrasound
• Patients who are not willing to be randomized into not receiving doula enhanced
• Patients who do not plan to delivery at the University of Kansas Health System
• Non-Black birthing people.
• Planned cesarean section
• Patients with a known major fetal anomaly
• Non-English speaking

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

Doula-Enhanced Care Group

Experimental group

Description:

This group received doula-enhanced care along with routine pregnancy care.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Doula Care

Routine Pregnancy Care Group

No Intervention group

Description:

This group received routine pregnancy care.