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Status unknownNCT00917332Updated Jun 10, 2009

Effects of Relaxation and Guided Imagery Training on Pain at Childbirth

An interventional study of relaxation (breathing and muscles) and guided imagery ("safe place") in Pain at Childbirth, sponsored by Hadassah Medical Organization. Status unknown at 1 site in Israel. Open to female participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2009-06-10.

Sponsored by Hadassah Medical Organization · Not applicable, Interventional, and Supportive care

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Jun 2009), so the status shown — last known as Not yet recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
110
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
Female
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Study summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether relaxation and guided imagery techniques are effective in reducing childbirth pain.

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Conditions studied

  • Pain at Childbirth

Keywords

  • pain
  • childbirth
  • relaxation
  • guided imagery
  • VAS
  • epidural
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In context

Lead sponsor

Hadassah Medical Organization is the lead sponsor of 659 studies on the registry; 54 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
Female
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  • women who carry their first child
  • women that carry only one embryo
  • women who speaks hebrew

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • women who experienced complications in pregnancy.
  • women who planning on having an elective Caesarean section.
  • women who suffer from background systematic condition (such as high-BP, diabetes).
  • women who have psychiatric background.
  • women who take chronic medication that might effect childbirth, woman or baby's health.
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Supportive care
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
110 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    intervention

    55 third trimester women will receive a CD of relaxation and guided imagery (of "safe place"), to practice daily at home until childbirth

    Behavioral: relaxation (breathing and muscles) and guided imagery ("safe place")

  • No intervention
    control

    55 third trimester women who does not receive the relaxation and guided imagery CD.

Interventions

  • Behavioralrelaxation (breathing and muscles) and guided imagery ("safe place")

    intervention group: daily practice of relaxation and guided imagery CD, for a rew weeks, until childbirth.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. rating of pain experienced during childbirth on pain VAS

    Time frame: one time - during hospitalization after childbirth

Secondary outcomes

  1. rate and the starting time of receiving regional anesthesia (epidural)

    Time frame: at childbirth

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Study locations

1 site
  • Hadassah Ein-Kerem Haspitol
    Jerusalem, Israel
    • efrat esterkin, MA · Contact · efratkin@gmail.com
    • efrat esterkin, MA · Sub investigator
    • david mankuta, MD · Principal investigator
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jun 10, 2009, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT00917332
Lead sponsor
Hadassah Medical Organization
First posted
Jun 10, 2009
Start date
Aug 2009
Primary completion
Oct 2009 (estimated)
Completion
Nov 2009 (estimated)
Last update
Jun 10, 2009

Study contacts

efrat esterkin, MA
Contact
efratkin@gmail.com
david mankuta, MD
principal investigator · hadassah ein-kerem - obstetrics and gynecology
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