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Digital Perineal Massage and Pelvic Floor Muscle Exercise During Pregnancy for Prevention of Perineal Laceration

NCT03108170 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 90

Last updated 2020-07-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Pregnant participants will be recruited at the obstetrics outpatient clinic during their visits 4 weeks before the due date. They are randomized into two groups. The first group will be educated to do digital perineal massage. They will be also educated to do pelvic floor muscle exercises and will receive the usual education program for strengthening the pelvic floor. The second group will receive the usual education program for strengthening the pelvic floor. Occurrence of perineal laceration will be reported at time of delivery.

Conditions

  • Delivery; Injury, Maternal

Interventions

OTHER

perineal massage program

The participant will perform digital massage of her perineal area 5 minutes daily starting four weeks before delivery till her actual labour day

OTHER

Pelvic floor muscle exercise program

The participant will perform pelvic floor muscle exercise daily starting four weeks before delivery till her actual labour day

OTHER

Educational pelvic floor dysfunction prevention program

This educational pelvic floor dysfunction prevention program includes instructions about: control of her weight, adequate cleaning for the perineal area, adequate fluid intake, smoking cessation, right posture and frequency of micturition and adequate ingestion of fiber to avoid constipation

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cairo University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Eman Omran, M.D. · Cairo University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
35 Years
Max Age
45 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-04-12
Primary Completion
2018-12-20
Completion
2018-12-25

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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