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Effects of Fetal Movement Counting on Maternal and Fetal Outcome Among High Risk Pregnant Woman

NCT04548102 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2020-09-14

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Summary

Up till now, there is insufficient evidence that daily fetal movement counting for pregnant women who are already have a history of high risk pregnancy is beneficial or not in term of early detection and preventing adverse pregnancy outcomes.

Aim The aim of the current study is to evaluate the effect of fetal movement counting on maternal and fetal outcome

Conditions

  • High Risk
  • Pregnancy

Interventions

OTHER

Fetal movement count

Pregnant women in the study group received verbal information regarding normal fetal movements (i.e. description of the changing pattern of movement as the fetus develops, normal sleep/wake cycles, and factors which may modify the mother's perception of movements such as maternal weight and placental position), and its importance to be followed during the third trimester. A chart for fetal movements counting provided and to ensure proper performance of this task, women telephoned once a week. They also asked to show the fetal movements chart to the researcher and the health care providers in each visit. Women followed according to her antenatal visits schedule till delivery.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cairo University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Rania Mahmoud A Ghani, PhD · Faculty of Nursing-Cairo University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
40 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-09-30
Primary Completion
2020-07-31
Completion
2020-07-31

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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