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NCT Number: NCT01921465

Outpatient Care for Multiparas After Elective Cesarean Section: an Observational Study

The purpose of the study is to evaluate whether outpatient cesarean section can be performed in multiparous women without significant decrease in the parents' sense of security .

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Key information

Conditions

Outpatient Care

Age range

18 year–60 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Department of gynaecology and obstetrics, Herning Hospital

Herning, 7400, Denmark

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Planned elective cesarean section of multiparous women
  • Singleton pregnancy
  • Age of at least 18
  • Gestational age between 37 and 42 weeks
  • Internet access at home

Exclusion criteria

  • Lack of consent
  • Women with no or little understanding of Danish and ability to speak Danish.
  • Allergies to medicine included in the pain management regimes
  • Expected maternal or neonatal complications after delivery
  • Birth weight of less than 2500 grams

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. the parents' postnatal sense of security (PPSS)

    Time frame: the PPSS is measured the second week after delivery

    measured by a questionnaire sent to the parents' in the second week after delivery.

Secondary outcomes

  1. ambulation time

    Time frame: three days

    ambulation time measured during the first three days after delivery by an accelerometer

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Herning Hospital

Other

Collaborators

  • University of Aarhus

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2013
Primary completion
2014
Study completion
2014
First posted
Aug 13, 2013
Registry last updated
Aug 18, 2016

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