Effect of Using Peanut Ball on the Length of Labor for Women Laboring With an Epidural

NCT05557383 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: CG19310B
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 190
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the Effect of using peanut ball on the length of labor, delivery pattern and childbirth satisfaction for women laboring with an Epidural.This study aims to understand the intervention of using peanut ball in the future during the delivery period is expected.it is expected to reduce the cesarean section with delayed delivery.

Conditions

Labor; Epidural Anesthesia

Keywords

peanut ball; Length of Labor

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Correlation between peanut ball intervention and labor progress

  If assign to the experimental group, will provide peanut ball interventions every 30 minutes, and assist in changing postures according to the mother's wishes, including four position. Each time the peanut balls are placed for at least 10 minutes, continuous electronic fetal monitoring is given, and the uterine contractions and fetal conditions of the expecting mother are assessed every 30 minutes. When the cervix full dilates, and fetal descends, stop using the peanut balls and be ready to labor. Control group: no intervention with peanut balls, regular care as experimental group.

  Record the time of the first and second stage of labor.Data collect through study completion about 1 year. analysis with SPSS.Because the data were tested for non-normal distribution, Mann-Whitney U test (continuous variable) and χ2 (discontinuous variab

Study Arms (2)

use peanut ball

EXPERIMENTAL

Registered nurses were educated by the investigators on the study protocol, and standard care was given to both the intervention and control groups.The peanut ball was placed between the legs of a woman in the intervention group immediately after she received her epidural and consented to participate in the study.

Behavioral: use peanut ball

usual care

NO INTERVENTION

usual nursing care.

Interventions

use peanut ball BEHAVIORAL

The peanut ball was placed between the legs of a woman in the intervention group immediately after she received her epidural and consented to participate in the study.

Also known as: usual care

use peanut ball

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 20 Years+
• Gender Eligibility Details: Laboring women were recruited if they met the inclusion criteria, which included being in active labor, using an epidural for pain control
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Aged over 20 years old
• Full-term women who are more than 37 weeks pregnant and diagnosed as low-risk pregnancy by physicians
• Pain relief with epidural anesthesia
• Singleton
• Normal birth position ( The first part of the head)
• Know the Chinese characters and be able to communicate in Chinese and Taiwanese
• Agree to participate in this researcher.

You may not qualify if:

• Language communication barriers
• Any abnormality and comorbidity of the woman and fetus during labor
• No epidural anesthesia for pain relief.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Taichung Veterans General Hospital: lead

Study Sites (1)

Taichung Veterans General Hospital

Taichung, 40705, Taiwan

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Masking Details: Investigator and outcomes Assessor has no information for use peanut ball
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: A two-group controlled, randomized study, the intervention groups: use peanut ball, control groups: not use peanut ball

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 13, 2022
• First Posted: September 28, 2022
• Study Start: October 24, 2019
• Primary Completion: June 18, 2020
• Study Completion: August 31, 2020
• Last Updated: September 28, 2022

Record last verified: 2019-10

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TW (1)