The Effect of Consumption of Date Fruit and Nipple Stimulation in Late Pregnancy

NCT06280911 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 098
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 198
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The study was conducted to determine the effect of consumption of date fruit and nipple stimulation on labor. The samples were applied to pregnant women satisfying the research criteria in a state hospital in Istanbul between October 2013 and June 2014.

Conditions

Augmentation; Induction; Labor; Stimulation, Self

Keywords

Augmentation; Date fruit; Induction; Labor; Nipple Stimulation

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• The spontaneous onset of labor

  The spontaneous onset of labor (dichotomous data: yes or no)

  From the 37th gestational age to the labor

• Induction and augmentation of labor

  Induction and augmentation of labor (dichotomous data: yes or no)

  From the 37th gestational age to the labor

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Mode of delivery

  From the 37th gestational age to the birth

Study Arms (3)

Date fruit group

EXPERIMENTAL

* Pregnant women were asked to consume 6 (about 65 gr) per day of dry date (Medjoul species) provided by the researcher until the birth of the 37th gestational age. * Dry date fruit provided by the researcher was given to the women to consume (42 pieces per week). * It has been stated that pregnancies should end the consumption of dates when actual uterine contractions begin. * Within the first 24 hours of labor, information on labor was recorded in the delivery file and "structured information form".

Other: Date Fruit group

Nipple group

EXPERIMENTAL

* The pregnancies are requested to stimulate a nipple (three minutes a day, one minute in the morning, one noon, one minute in the evening) and three minutes in the other nipple (one minute morning, one noon, one minute evening) with naked fingures and moderate pressure by pulling and rounding. * The pregnancies were stated to terminate the nipple stimulation when the actual uterine contractions onset. * Within the first 24 hours of labor, information on labor was recorded in the labor file and "structured information form".

Other: Nipple group

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

• Within the first 24 hours of labor, information on labor was recorded in the delivery file and "structured information form".

Interventions

Date Fruit group OTHER

Consumption of Date Fruit

Date fruit group

Nipple group OTHER

Nipple Stimulation

Nipple group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 35 Years
• Gender Eligibility Details: Pregnant Women
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Women who nulliparous at the 37th gestational age, have singleton pregnancy, have the BMI is less than 25 kg/m2, planning to have a normal vaginal delivery, have vertex presentation, a volunteer to participate in the study, no smoking in pregnancy and have moderate birth fear according to W-DEQ were included in the study.

You may not qualify if:

• Women who have risk pregnancy (such as preterm labor risk, preeclampsia eclampsia, premature rupture of membranes, placenta previa, gestational diabetes, fetal anomaly and chronic diseases) were excluded in the study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Selcuk University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Zeynep Kamil Women's and Children's Diseases Training and Research Hospital

Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Self Stimulation

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Study Officials

• Gülay Rathfisch, Prof

  Atlas University

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Model Details: The study was designed to be randomly controlled.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 19, 2024
• First Posted: February 28, 2024
• Study Start: October 10, 2013
• Primary Completion: June 30, 2014
• Study Completion: December 30, 2017
• Last Updated: March 4, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-02

Locations

TU (1)