Prenatal Education About Reducing Labor Stress (PEARLS)
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Labor Pain, Tocophobia
In brief
The purpose of this small randomized controlled trial (RCT) is to compare the impact of a brief (16 hour) 3rd trimester mindfulness-based childbirth education program, "Mind in Labor (MIL): Working with Pain in Childbirth," with a standard care/"treatment as usual" (TAU) active control condition of standard hospital- and community-based childbirth education. The MIL group is expected to demonstrate a reduction in fear of labor (less pain catastrophizing and greater childbirth self-efficacy), less perceived pain in labor, less use of pain medication in labor, greater birth satisfaction, and better prenatal and postpartum psychological adjustment compared to the TAU group.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02327559
- Run by
- University of California, San Francisco
- People needed
- 33
- Starts
- 2011-10-01
- Expected to finish
- 2015-02-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2017-05-25
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Age 18 or over
- No prior full-term pregnancy or live birth prior to the current pregnancy
- In 3rd trimester of healthy, singleton pregnancy
- Willingness to be randomized
- Able to read, write, and understand spoken English
- Planned hospital birth in the San Francisco Bay Area
You may not qualify if…
- Current or prior formal meditation experience
- Formal yoga practice prior to pregnancy (brief prenatal yoga practice will not lead to exclusion)
- Participation in other mind/body childbirth preparation course (e.g., with hypnosis focus)
- Planned elective Cesarean birth
- Planned homebirth or other non-hospital birth setting
Where it is running
- The Osher Center for Integrative Medicine — San Francisco, California, United States
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