Gentle birth care cuts pain and boosts satisfaction, study finds
NCT ID NCT07514195
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at whether 'mother-friendly' hospital practices—like avoiding unnecessary medical interventions and supporting natural birth—improve outcomes for mothers and babies. 281 healthy pregnant women participated. The results showed that these practices reduced labor pain and increased maternal satisfaction, with positive effects on newborn health too.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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281 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2025
- Finished
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Sep 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Pregnant women receiving care at participating centers, aged 18-45 years, with singleton pregnancies at ≥37 weeks of gestation. Participants must be planning to deliver at the study hospital and provide informed consent. Women with multiple gestations, major maternal comorbidities (e.g., pre-existing diabetes, hypertension, cardiac disease), or known fetal anomalies are excluded. The study population represents a prospective cohort of patients exposed to routine mother-friendly practices in a multicenter clinical setting.
- Ages
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18 to 45 years
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Inclusion Criteria: 1. Patients aged 18-45 2. No chronic diseases 3. No acute illnesses 4. No pregnancy complications 5. Spontaneous pregnancy 6. Full-term pregnancy 7. Appropriate-for-gestational-age (AGA) infants Exclusion Criteria: 1. Individuals over 45 years of age 2. Maternal type 1 and 2 diabetes mellitus or gestational diabetes 3. Chronic hypertension 4. Preeclampsia 5. Connective tissue disease 6. Smoking during pregnancy 7. Preterm birth (gestational age \<37 weeks) 8. small-for-gestational-age infants (birth weight \< 2 SD) 9. neonatal asphyxia (APGAR score \<7 at 1 and 5 minutes) 10. malformations, chromosomal disorders, and congenital infections 11. women with signs of chorioamnionitis (fever, leukocytosis, abdominal pain, foul-smelling discharge) more than 12 hours after EMR 12. chronic kidney and liver disease 13. hematological disorders 14. Should not be administered to individuals with a pacemaker 15. Should not be administered to patients with epilepsy, transient ischemic attacks, or a history of cerebrovascular events
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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The Obstetrics Clinics of Sakarya Research and Training Hospital
Sakarya, Adapazarı, Turkey (Türkiye)
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