A randomised controlled trial of the effect of ambulation in the first stage of labour in terms of duration of labour of women with a previous caesarean

ISRCTN	ISRCTN41730576
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN41730576
Secondary identifying numbers	N0170149149

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Ms C McCormick
Scientific

Nottingham City Hospital
Nottingham
NG5 1PB
United Kingdom

Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design	Interventional
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)	Hospital
Study type	Not Specified
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Scientific title	A randomised controlled trial of the effect of ambulation in the first stage of labour in terms of duration of labour of women with a previous caesarean
Study objectives	Will ambulation during labour shorten the first stage of labour in women who have previously undergone one previous caesarian?
Ethics approval(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Pregnancy and Childbirth: Labour
Intervention	1. Encourage walking/mobilisation 2. Walk/mobilise as little/much as desired
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure	Duration of labour in each group
Secondary outcome measures	Not provided at time of registration
Overall study start date	20/07/2004
Completion date	31/07/2006

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Adult
Sex	Female
Target number of participants	200
Key inclusion criteria	200 women in latter stages of pregnancy
Key exclusion criteria	1. Women who intend to have a second planned elective caesarian section 2. Women who do not understand/speak English well enough to give valid consent 3. Non-cephalic presentation; known fetal abnormality 4. More than one previous LSCS; previous classical, inverted T or J incision to the uterus 5. Multiple pregnancy 6. Pre-term labour 37 weeks 8. Induced labour
Date of first enrolment	20/07/2004
Date of final enrolment	31/07/2006

Nottingham City Hospital

Nottingham
NG5 1PB
United Kingdom

Department of Health
Government

Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom

Government

Nottingham City Hospital NHS Trust (UK), NHS R&D Support Funding

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