Study of Having a Female Friend as Labor Support

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Pregnancy, Delivery, Obstetric

In brief

The purpose of this study was to compare labor outcomes in women accompanied by an additional support person (doula group) with outcomes in women who did not have this additional support person (control group). The current study was designed with the benefits of continuous labor support in mind as well as the need for a cost-effective, affordable program to provide those services for low-income women. Its purpose was to evaluate the effects of continuous labor support provided by a female companion of the pregnant person's choosing who, with the mother, had participated in an educational program to teach her how to provide continuous labor support.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00127361

Run by

Saint Peters University Hospital

People needed

600

Starts

1998-01-01

Expected to finish

2003-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2005-08-23

Who can join

Age: 16 and older, up to 45. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Nulliparous (never given birth before)
• Singleton pregnancy
• Vertex presentation
• Low risk pregnancy
• Has a female friend willing to be a doula

You may not qualify if…

• Placenta previa
• Abruptio placenta
• Multiple pregnancy
• Breech presentation
• Planned operative delivery

Where it is running

• Saint Peters University Hospital — New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States

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