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. 2017 Jul 6;2017(7):CD003766. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003766.pub6

IRCT2015083123837N1.

Trial name or title Studying the impacts of the combination of effective methods compared with doula on reducing anxiety and pain of mothers in childbirth in the Jam Tohid Hospital in 2015
Methods RCT
Participants Inclusion criteria: Iranian; age between 16 and 44; first pregnancy; at least 32 weeks of gestational age; lack of pregnancy complications; having a single, live fetus; spontaneous contractions; intact sac; no pelvic restraint; no history of hospitalisation due to complications of pregnancy; no history of diseases such as thyroid, and diseases related to the kidney, heart, liver, diabetes, and lack of psychiatric diseases.
Exclusion criteria: fetal macrosomia; the studied pregnant women's unwillingness to continue their cooperation with the researcher and participation in the intervention; fetal anomaly detection during the study; onset of labour before or after term; fetal distress; premature rupture of membranes; the use of pain relievers; the occurrence of any complications during labour and delivery and the need for caesarean section.
Target sample size: 150
Interventions Insufficient details
Outcomes Anxiety
Starting date 21/04/2015
Contact information ra_ravangard@yahoo.com; ravangard@sums.ac.ir
Notes Study ongoing