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<!ELEMENT scientific_title (#PCDATA)>
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<!ELEMENT i_freetext (#PCDATA)>
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<!ELEMENT results_IPD_plan (#PCDATA)>
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<!ELEMENT zip (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT telephone (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT email (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT affiliation (#PCDATA)>

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<!ELEMENT agemax (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT gender (#PCDATA)>
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  <trial>
    <main>
      <trial_id>IRCT20241110063652N2</trial_id>
      <utrn></utrn>
      <reg_name>IRCT</reg_name>
      <date_registration>2025-03-26</date_registration>
      <primary_sponsor>Hamedan University of Medical Sciences</primary_sponsor>
      <public_title>The effect of birthing balls and hot showers on the intensity of pain in the active phase of labor in pregnant women</public_title>
      <acronym></acronym>
      <scientific_title>A comparative study of the effects of birthing balls and hot showers on the intensity of pain during the active phase of labor in  primiparous  pregnant women.</scientific_title>
      <scientific_acronym></scientific_acronym>
      <date_enrolment>2025-02-16</date_enrolment>
      <type_enrolment>anticipated</type_enrolment>
      <target_size>96</target_size>
      <recruitment_status>Complete</recruitment_status>
      <url>https://irct.ir/trial/82395</url>
      <study_type>interventional</study_type>
      <study_design>Randomization: Randomized, Blinding: Not blinded, Placebo: Not used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Supportive, Randomization description: The samples are randomly assigned to three groups by a third party who is not involved in the research protocol. On three cards marked with the letters C-A-B, where card A represents the birthing ball group, card B represents the hot shower group, and card C represents the control group. The samples are randomly assigned to three groups .The first patient to enter the study is given three cards, chooses Wiki, and is placed in one of the groups. The second is given two cards and is placed in one of the groups, and finally the third is placed in the third group, and from then on the samples are randomly placed in the three groups.</study_design>
      <phase>N/A</phase>
      <hc_freetext>Delivery.</hc_freetext>
      <i_freetext>Intervention 1: 20 minutes of hot water shower with a temperature of 38-40 degrees at final dilation of 4 cm, 6 cm and 8 cm, which is a total of one hour, and is performed in the lumbar and sacral area. Intervention 2: Intervention group: 20 minutes of exercise with a birthing ball (sizes 55 and 65) at dilations of 4 cm, 6 cm, and 8 cm, for a total of one hour. Intervention 3: Control group: Routine care in the delivery room.</i_freetext>
      <results_actual_enrolment></results_actual_enrolment>
      <results_date_completed></results_date_completed>
      <results_url_link></results_url_link>
      <results_summary></results_summary>
      <results_date_posted></results_date_posted>
      <results_date_first_publication></results_date_first_publication>
      <results_baseline_char></results_baseline_char>
      <results_participant_flow></results_participant_flow>
      <results_adverse_events></results_adverse_events>
      <results_outcome_measures></results_outcome_measures>
      <results_url_protocol></results_url_protocol>
      <results_IPD_plan>Undecided - It is not yet known if there will be a plan to make this available</results_IPD_plan>
      <results_IPD_description>Justification or reason for indecision in sharing IPD is It is under review</results_IPD_description>
    </main>
    <contacts>
      <contact>
        <type>public</type>
        <firstname>Zahra  Kohzad</firstname>
        <middlename></middlename>
        <lastname></lastname>
        <address>Hamedan University of Medical Sciences, Shahid Fahmideh Boulevard, Pajhohesh Sq.</address>
        <city>Hamedan</city>
        <country1>Iran (Islamic Republic of)</country1>
        <zip>6517838736</zip>
        <telephone>+98 21 6523 5751</telephone>
        <email>zk.kohzad@gmail.com</email>
        <affiliation>Hamedan University of Medical Sciences</affiliation>
      </contact>
      <contact>
        <type>scientific</type>
        <firstname>Zahra Kohzad</firstname>
        <middlename></middlename>
        <lastname></lastname>
        <address>Hamedan University of Medical Sciences, Shahid Fahmideh Boulevard, Pajhohesh Sq.</address>
        <city>Hamedan</city>
        <country1>Iran (Islamic Republic of)</country1>
        <zip>6517838736</zip>
        <telephone>+98 21 6523 5751</telephone>
        <email>zk.kohzad@gmail.com</email>
        <affiliation>Hamedan University of Medical Sciences</affiliation>
      </contact>
    </contacts>
    <countries>
      <country2>Iran (Islamic Republic of)</country2>
    </countries>
    <criteria>
      <inclusion_criteria>Primiparous women
Women at the beginning of the active phase of labor
Gestational age 37-42 weeks
Singleton fetus
Showing the embryo series</inclusion_criteria>
      <agemin>18 years</agemin>
      <agemax>35 years</agemax>
      <gender>Female</gender>
      <exclusion_criteria>Fetal heart defect
Drug addiction
Intrauterine growth restriction
Diagnosed mental or anatomical disorder</exclusion_criteria>
    </criteria>
    <health_condition_code>
      <hc_code>O80</hc_code>
    </health_condition_code>
    <health_condition_keyword>
      <hc_keyword>Single spontaneous delivery</hc_keyword>
    </health_condition_keyword>
    <intervention_code>
      <i_code>Other</i_code>
      <i_code>Other</i_code>
      <i_code>N/A</i_code>
    </intervention_code>
    <intervention_keyword>
      <i_keyword>20 minutes of hot water shower with a temperature of 38-40 degrees at final dilation of 4 cm, 6 cm and 8 cm, which is a total of one hour, and is performed in the lumbar and sacral area.</i_keyword>
      <i_keyword>Intervention group: 20 minutes of exercise with a birthing ball (sizes 55 and 65) at dilations of 4 cm, 6 cm, and 8 cm, for a total of one hour.</i_keyword>
      <i_keyword>Control group: Routine care in the delivery room</i_keyword>
    </intervention_keyword>
    <primary_outcome>
      <prim_outcome>Pain. Timepoint: At final dilatation of 4 cm, 6 cm and 8 cm. Method of measurement: Visual pain scale.</prim_outcome>
    </primary_outcome>
    <secondary_outcome>
      <sec_outcome></sec_outcome>
    </secondary_outcome>
    <secondary_sponsor>
      <sponsor_name></sponsor_name>
    </secondary_sponsor>
    <secondary_ids>
      <secondary_id>
        <sec_id></sec_id>
        <issuing_authority></issuing_authority>
      </secondary_id>
    </secondary_ids>
    <source_support>
      <source_name>Hamedan University of Medical Sciences</source_name>
    </source_support>
    <ethics_reviews>
      <ethics_review>
        <status>Approved</status>
        <approval_date>2025-02-15</approval_date>
        <contact_name>Ethics Committee of Hamadan University of Medical Sciences</contact_name>
        <contact_address>Central Headquarters of Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Shahid Fahmideh Blvd. Hamadan Hamadan Iran (Islamic Republic of)</contact_address>
        <contact_phone></contact_phone>
        <contact_email></contact_email>
      </ethics_review>
    </ethics_reviews>
  </trial>
</trials>
