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Status unknownNCT04641572Updated Nov 24, 2020

Different Positions During Childbirth

An interventional study of Choose comfortable position in Childbirth Process, sponsored by Woman's Health University Hospital, Egypt. Status unknown at 1 site in Egypt. Open to female participants aged 18 Years to 45 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-11-24.

Sponsored by Woman's Health University Hospital, Egypt · Not applicable, Interventional, and Supportive care

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Oct 2020), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
300
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 45 Years
Sex
Female
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Study summary

To encourage the application the recommended positions of the World Health Organization during normal childbirth and its effect on maternal and labor outcomes

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To assess the effects of adopting upright positions (walking, sitting, standing) during first stage of labor.

To measure the effect of different individual positions on maternal-fetal outcomes.

To determine which position was more comfortable for women.

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Conditions studied

  • Childbirth Process
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In context

Lead sponsor

Woman's Health University Hospital, Egypt is the lead sponsor of 46 studies on the registry; 4 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 to 45 Years
Sexes eligible
Female
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  • aged > 18 years old with normal pregnancy, primiparas and multi-paras labor cases.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • All high-risk associated factors (Hypertension- DM, Heart disease- renal disease) will be excluded.
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Supportive care
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Double (Participant, Care provider)
Enrollment
300 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • No intervention
    Supine position

    group A ( control ) will follow the hospital routine positions either supine or lateral during labor

  • Experimental
    Upright position

    Group B (intervention) will follow the Standing or walking, Squatting, Sitting, Hands /knees, and Kneeling, positions. Then the researcher will register the time ( minutes/hours) that will be taken and which will be more preferable by the participant.

    Other: Choose comfortable position

Interventions

  • OtherChoose comfortable position

    Standing or walking, Squatting, Sitting, Hands /knees, and Kneeling, positions will be taken by the participant during labor.Then the researcher will register the time ( minutes/hours) will be taken and which that will be more preferable by the participant

    Also known as: change position

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. The maternal outcome.

    measure labor pain score in each position on pain scale

    Time frame: Within labor process

  2. Newborn outcome

    Measure the APGAR score of the newborn related to each position

    Time frame: At 1 minute and 5 minutes after delivery.

Secondary outcomes

  1. -Increase self-direction of participants through choosing the preferable position

    Register the most preferable positions during childbirth process

    Time frame: Within labor process

  2. Improve women's satisfaction of childbirth experience

    measure woman's satisfaction after application of the upright position

    Time frame: After childbirth process.

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No — The data only will be available for the study co-investigators.

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Nov 24, 2020, 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
NCT04641572
Lead sponsor
Woman's Health University Hospital, Egypt
Responsible party
Howieda Fouly (Assistant professor, Woman's Health University Hospital, Egypt) — Principal investigator
First posted
Nov 24, 2020
Start date
Jun 1, 2020
Primary completion
Dec 30, 2020 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 30, 2020 (estimated)
Last update
Nov 24, 2020

Study contacts

Howieda Fouly, PhD
Contact
hoida_elfouly@yahoo.com
0538472739
Safaa Helmi, PhD
Contact
safaa_helmi@yahoo.com
00201033892209
Howieda Fouly, PhD
principal investigator · Woman's Health Hospital

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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