Maternal Informing on Labor Induction: Impact on Childbirth Experience
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An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- This is an observational study: the protocol does not assign a study treatment.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Labor, Induced, Labor, Obstetric, Pregnancy, Humans. Basic parameters: from 18 years · Female.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Finland
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
The aim of this study is to explore the information provided to mothers about labor induction and its connection to their childbirth experience. In addition, the study examines how the use of social media may influence the birth experience among patients undergoing labor induction.
Detailed description
Subject undergoing planned induction of labor will be recruited. At recruitment the participants will be asked to answer a questionnaire. Follow-up questionnaires will be sent to the participants one week and three months after the induction.
The first questionnaire assesses how well the participants were informed about the induction. The following questionnaires will assess the childbirth experience and induction experience.
The main aim of the study is to investigate whether being being well informed about the induction of labor is related to better experience of childbirth. Moreover, the correlation between reported social media use and childbirth experience will be evaluated.
After obtaining full data from the first 50 subjects an interim analysis will be performed, to decide the final target sample size.
Primary outcome measures
- Childbirth experience [Time frame: Three months after induction of labor]
Secondary outcome measures (4)
- Childbirth experience [Time frame: One week after induction of labor]
- Experience of labor induction [Time frame: One week after induction of labor]
- Experience of labor induction [Time frame: Three months after induction of labor]
- Did childbirth experience meet participant's expectations [Time frame: One week after induction of labor]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Planned induction of labor at the antenatal ward or at the outpatient clinic
- Adequate language skills (Finnish, Swedish, English)
Exclusion criteria
- Induction at the delivery ward or at the obstetric emergency care clinic
- Spontaneous onset of labor or a planned cesarean delivery
- Age below 18 years at the time of recruitment
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
Study locations
Finland · 1 center
- Turku University Hospital — Turku
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07272785 · OP2025/8882