Status:

RECRUITING

Effects of Pilates Ball and Sacral Massage Applications on Labor Pain, Labor Duration and Childbirth Satisfaction

Lead Sponsor:

Ege University

Conditions:

Labor Pain

Satisfaction

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18-35 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

As researchers, we believe that Pilates ball and manual sacral massage applications can be easily and cost-free applied in maternity clinics in our country. For all these reasons, this study was plann...

Detailed Description

Childbirth is one of the most special processes experienced in women's lives, significantly affecting their quality of life. Pain and fear experienced during the birth process are associated with many...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Pregnant women over 18 years old and under 35 years old
  • Term pregnancies (38-41 weeks gestation)
  • Primiparous
  • Those with a single live fetus
  • Vertex development
  • Those who do not have any risk factors during pregnancy (Dermatological disease, Preeclampsia, active membrane rupture, oligohydramnios and polyhydramnios, gestational diabetes, placental anomalies, intrauterine growth retardation, intrauterine dead fetus, macrosomic babies, fetal distress, etc.)
  • Those who do not have any obstacles for Pilates ball application
  • Those who do not have any chronic diseases (Hypertension, DM, ...)
  • Those in the active phase of labor, those who have at least 1 hour of labor follow-up
  • Pregnant women who voluntarily accept to participate in the study

Exclusion

  • Indications for Caesarean section (such as presentation disorder, breech presentation)
  • Those who underwent induction
  • Those whose labor duration was shorter than 1 hour or longer than 8 hours
  • Those who underwent vacuum forceps or shoulder insertion

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 20 2025

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 30 2025

Estimated Enrollment :

105 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06927531

Start Date

February 20 2025

End Date

December 30 2025

Last Update

April 15 2025

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Gaziantep Unıversity

Şehitkamil, Gazi̇antep, Turkey (Türkiye)