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Health Disparities on the Labor Floor

NCT04633824 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 2500

Last updated 2026-04-13

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Summary

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) defines a disparity as a difference or a gap that exist between two groups, which is both statistically significant, larger than 10%, and indicates poor quality for the minority (non-referent) group. Despite advances in public health initiatives and medicine, disparities in healthcare are persistent. For example, in the United States, maternal mortality ratio has doubled since 1987 to 2009 where African American women were 4 times as likely to die from childbirth. Although there was no observed racial disparity in maternal deaths at University of Alabama Birmingham, there is anecdotal experience that may suggest health disparities do exist on the labor floor when examining neuraxial utilization and effectiveness. This retrospective study will seek to examine the successful extension of labor analgesia for cesarean section as it relates to insurance status.

Conditions

  • Pain
  • Pregnancy Related

Interventions

OTHER

Retrospective Electronic Medical Record Review

Patients will be assessed retrospectively for evidence of successful or failed epidural extension in the setting of need for cesarean section

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Patrick Hussey, MD · University of Alabama at Birmingham

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-02-01
Primary Completion
2026-04-01
Completion
2027-04-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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