Support and Reassurance in Antenatal Care

ISRCTN	ISRCTN62354584
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN62354584
Protocol serial number	N&AHP/04/001
Sponsor	Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust (UK)
Funder	National Co-ordinating Centre for Research Capacity Building (UK) - Nursing and Allied Health Professions Award (ref: N&AHP/04/001)

Prospectively registered

Protocol

Statistical analysis plan

Results

Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Ms Vikki Snaith
Scientific

Research Midwives Office
4th Floor, Leazes Wing
Royal Victoria Infirmary
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 4LP
United Kingdom

Phone	+44 (0)191 2820540

Primary study design	Interventional
Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Scientific title
Study acronym	SRAC
Study objectives	The project aims to evaluate the effects of two packages of care that may provide women with greater support and reassurance during the third trimester of pregnancy without increasing the number of antenatal contacts that they receive. Hypothesis: A structured telephone support intervention (with or without supplemental uterine artery Doppler screening) encourages women to adhere to the antenatal visit schedule proposed by the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (2003).
Ethics approval(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Antenatal care
Intervention	Randomised controlled trial of a structured telephone support intervention provided by a midwife +/- uterine artery Doppler screening.
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure(s)	Number of antenatal contacts with health professionals.
Key secondary outcome measure(s)	1. Number of antenatal admissions to hospital 2. Anxiety 3. Levels of perceived social support 4. Satisfaction with care 5. Economic evaluation 6. Major clinical outcomes
Completion date	30/09/2006

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Adult
Sex	Female
Target sample size at registration	764
Key inclusion criteria	Low risk primiparous women booked for delivery at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne
Key exclusion criteria	Women who are unable to understand English
Date of first enrolment	01/02/2004
Date of final enrolment	30/09/2006

Research Midwives Office

Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 4LP
United Kingdom

Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Output type	Details	Date created	Date added	Peer reviewed?	Patient-facing?
Results article	results	31/03/2014		Yes	No