An observational study in Labor and Childbirth, Labor (Obstetrics)--Complications and Hand Strength, sponsored by Institut Investigacio Sanitaria Pere Virgili. Recruiting at 1 site in Spain. Open to female participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-06-23.
Sponsored by Institut Investigacio Sanitaria Pere Virgili · Observational
The goal of this observational study is to learn how a pregnant woman's physical fitness and emotional well-being can help predict the type of birth she will have (such as a natural vaginal birth versus a cesarean section or a birth requiring medical assistance). The study focuses on pregnant women in their third trimester (after 28 weeks of pregnancy).
The main questions the study aims to answer are:
Participants will be asked to:
1,081 studies on the registry are indexed under Breast Feeding; 217 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 420 is above the median of 158 across 207 observational studies indexed under Breast Feeding.
Browse Breast Feeding studies →Institut Investigacio Sanitaria Pere Virgili is the lead sponsor of 39 studies on the registry; 18 are open to participants now.
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The study population consists of pregnant women receiving prenatal care at the Hospital Universitari de Tortosa Verge de la Cinta (HUTVC).
The sample includes healthy volunteers in their third trimester of pregnancy (>28 weeks of gestation) with low-to-moderate obstetric risk. The population reflects a diverse group of expectant mothers who are able to perform simple physical functional tests and are interested in contributing to research on birth outcomes and breastfeeding. Participants are selected during their routine third-trimester prenatal visit at the HUTVC through non-probabilistic consecutive sampling until the required sample size of 420 participants is reached.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Underlined terms in the criteria open these too. Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
A reason a treatment, test or procedure should not be given to a particular person, such as an allergy, another illness or a medicine they take.
Informed consent
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Contraindication
A reason a treatment, test or procedure should not be given to a particular person, such as an allergy, another illness or a medicine they take.
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Mode of birth
Classification of the birth outcome as either eutocic vaginal birth (spontaneous) or dystocic birth (including instrumental vaginal delivery or unplanned cesarean section).
Time frame: At the time of delivery.
Breastfeeding maintenance.
Status of exclusive or partial breastfeeding.
Time frame: At 1 month and 6 months postpartum.
Duration of labor phases.
Time in minutes for the dilation and pushing stages of labor.
Time frame: From the onset of dilation until birth.
Success of labor induction.
Proportion of induced labors that result in a vaginal birth.
Time frame: During the hospital stay for delivery.
Prevalence of fear of childbirth (Tokophobia).
Score obtained through the Wijma Delivery Expectancy/Experience Questionnaire (WDEQ-A).
Time frame: During the third trimester of pregnancy (baseline assessment).
Plan to share: No — Individual Participant Data (IPD) will not be shared. The informed consent approved for this observational study does not include provisions for sharing individual participant data with external researchers.
Started Jun 2026 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Jun 2027, 12 months after the start.
Of 86 non-industry observational studies under Breast Feeding, half reached primary completion within 31 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 19 and three quarters within 54. This study's planned 12 months is below that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 96 studies reached it within 33 months; a quarter within 19 and three quarters within 73.
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