Protocol summary

Summary
OBJECTIVE: child birth is the most emotional experience near the primiparous women, which effects on their health or illness in their whole life. Being alone in childbirth environments, leads to anxiety and complication due to such situation in labour So we decided to evaluate the effects of psychosocial support during labour, delivery and the immediate postpartum period provided by a female relative companion on state anxiety and breastfeeding desire in nuliparous women in Iran hospital in Iranshahr 2009-2010. DESIGN: The effects of the intervention were assessed by means of a randomised clinical trial. Emotional support by a female relative was provided to women in the intervention group, while women in the control group received routine care. SETTING: A main governmental hospital in Iranshahr City PARTICIPANTS: two hundred and ten women with a single foetus, no previous vaginal delivery, < 3 cm of cervical dilatation, and no indications for an elective caesarean section were randomly assigned to be in control group who received routine care, or being in support group. Intervention group accompanied by a relative woman, who accepted to remain by the labouring mother from the time of admission until one hour after birth. She must talk while keeping mother’s hand, giving reassurance and praise them. OUTCOME MEASURES: mother's state anxiety score at the admission, mother's state anxiety score in 6-8 cm dilation of cervix, Breastfeeding desire, first Breastfeeding initiation time, duration of labour, mother perception to the birth, newborn’s apgar score, and disturbances caused by the companions in delivery ward. Keywords: Labour, breastfeeding, Anxiety, companionship

General information

Acronym
IRCT registration information
IRCT registration number: IRCT138807062516N1
Registration date: 2010-12-04, 1389/09/13
Registration timing: retrospective

Last update:
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Registration date
2010-12-04, 1389/09/13
Registrant information
Name
Tayebeh Samieizadeh Toosi
Name of organization / entity
Zahedan University of Medical Sciences
Country
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Phone
+98 54 7331 0482
Email address
samieizadeht@zdmu.ac.ir
Recruitment status
Recruitment complete
Funding source
Zahedan University of Medical Sciences
Expected recruitment start date
2009-07-11, 1388/04/20
Expected recruitment end date
2010-06-10, 1389/03/20
Actual recruitment start date
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Actual recruitment end date
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Trial completion date
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Scientific title
The effect of companionship during labour, on anxiety and breastfeeding desire in primiparous mothers in Iranshahr city 2009-2010
Public title
The effect of companionship during labour, on anxiety and breastfeeding desire in primiparous mothers in Iranshahr city 2009-2010
Purpose
Supportive
Inclusion/Exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: mothers with single baby; term (38-42 gestational ages); primiparous; without medical and obstetrical complication; desire to enter in the study Exclusion criteria: mothers with caesarean and complicated delivery; High risk pregnancy; premature rupture of membrane
Age
From 18 years old to 35 years old
Gender
Female
Phase
N/A
Groups that have been masked
No information
Sample size
Target sample size: 210
Randomization (investigator's opinion)
Randomized
Randomization description
Blinding (investigator's opinion)
Not blinded
Blinding description
Placebo
Not used
Assignment
Parallel
Other design features

Secondary Ids

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Ethics committees

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Ethics committee
Name of ethics committee
Ethics committee of Zahedan University of Medical Sciences
Street address
Khalij Fars blv., Zahedan University of Medical Sciences
City
ZAHEDAN
Postal code
9816743463
Approval date
2010-06-19, 1389/03/29
Ethics committee reference number
89942

Health conditions studied

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Description of health condition studied
anxiety
ICD-10 code
F41.1
ICD-10 code description
Generalized anxiety disorder

Primary outcomes

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Description
state anxiety score
Timepoint
time of admission in first stage of labour at 3 cm dilation of cervix then on 6-8 dilation of cervix in first stage of labour
Method of measurement
spielbergers state-trait anxiety score

Secondary outcomes

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Intervention groups

1

Description
Intervention group: female companion from admission to delivery time
Category
Behavior

2

Description
control group: received routine care
Category
Behavior

Recruitment centers

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Recruitment center
Name of recruitment center
Iran hospital
Full name of responsible person
Tayebeh Samieizadeh Toosi
Street address
IRANSHAHR, faculty of Nursing and Midwifery
City
IRANSHAHR

Sponsors / Funding sources

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Sponsor
Name of organization / entity
Zahedan University of Medical Sciences
Full name of responsible person
abasalt borji
Street address
Khalij Fars blv., Zahedan University of Medical Sciences
City
Zahedan
Grant name
Grant code / Reference number
Is the source of funding the same sponsor organization/entity?
Yes
Title of funding source
Zahedan University of Medical Sciences
Proportion provided by this source
100
Public or private sector
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Domestic or foreign origin
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Category of foreign source of funding
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Country of origin
Type of organization providing the funding
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Person responsible for general inquiries

Contact
Name of organization / entity
Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery
Full name of responsible person
Tayebeh Samieizadeh Toosi
Position
MS of Education in midwifery
Other areas of specialty/work
Street address
Baluch st., Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery
City
Iranshahr
Postal code
9816743463
Phone
+98 54 7331 0482
Fax
+98 54 7331 0485
Email
samieizadeht@zamus.ac.ir
Web page address

Person responsible for scientific inquiries

Contact
Name of organization / entity
Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery of Iranshahr
Full name of responsible person
Tayebeh Samieizadeh Toosi
Position
MS in Education of midwifery
Other areas of specialty/work
Street address
Baluch st., Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery
City
Iranshahr
Postal code
9916955649
Phone
+98 54 7331 0482
Fax
+98 54 7331 0485
Email
samieizadeht@zamus.ac.ir
Web page address

Person responsible for updating data

Contact
Name of organization / entity
Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery
Full name of responsible person
Tayebeh Samieizadeh Toosi
Position
M.Sin education of midwifery
Other areas of specialty/work
Street address
Baluch st., Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery
City
Iranshahr
Postal code
9916955649
Phone
+98 54 7331 0482
Fax
+98 54 7331 0485
Email
samieizadeht@zamus.ac.ir
Web page address

Sharing plan

Deidentified Individual Participant Data Set (IPD)
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Study Protocol
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Statistical Analysis Plan
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Informed Consent Form
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Clinical Study Report
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Analytic Code
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Data Dictionary
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