The Influence of Antenatal Classes on Pregnancy, Birth and Parenthood - Full Text View

Sponsors and Collaborators:	University of Aarhus Skejby Hospital
Information provided by:	University of Aarhus
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00323401

Purpose

To study the influence of antenatal classes for first time parents and their effect ob pregnancy, birth and parenthood.
Randomized into two groups (a. 3 courses in midpregnancy and b. no courses)
Data on pregnancy, birth and parenthood are collected from register and questionaire

Condition	Intervention	Phase
Pregnancy Parturition	Other: Antenatal classes Other: Educational programme	Phase IV

MedlinePlus related topics: Breast Feeding Depression

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Prevention, Randomized, Double Blind (Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Active Control, Parallel Assignment
Official Title:	The Influence of Antenatal Classes on Pregnancy, Birth and Parenthood

Further study details as provided by University of Aarhus:

Primary Outcome Measures:

Arrival for birth [ Time Frame: prospective ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
Birth experience [ Time Frame: prospective ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
Medical interventions during delivery [ Time Frame: prospective ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
Use of birth analgesia [ Time Frame: prospective ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]

Secondary Outcome Measures:

Length of Birth [ Time Frame: prospective ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
Post partum depression [ Time Frame: prospective ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
Breastfeeding duration and experience [ Time Frame: prospective ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]

Estimated Enrollment:	1000
Study Start Date:	May 2006
Estimated Study Completion Date:	December 2009
Estimated Primary Completion Date:	December 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Arms	Assigned Interventions
Interventon: Experimental Antenatal classes for the parents	Other: Antenatal classes 3 sessions of 3 hours each Other: Educational programme 3 times, 3 hours intervention programme
Control: No Intervention No programme are offered	Other: Antenatal classes antenatal programme Other: Educational programme no programme are offered

Detailed Description:

Data collected contain register data and data from questionnaire, which also contains psychometric tests

Eligibility

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Pregnant Over 18 years of age Singleton

Exclusion Criteria:

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00323401

Locations

Denmark
University of Aarhus and University Hospital, Skejby
Aarhus, Denmark, 8000
Skejby Sygehus
Aarhus, Denmark, 8200

Sponsors and Collaborators

University of Aarhus

Skejby Hospital

Investigators

Study Chair:

Jørn Olsen, Professor

University of Aarhus, Department of Epidemiology

More Information

Homepage for the project This link exits the ClinicalTrials.gov site

Responsible Party:	Skejby Sygehus ( Joan Düur )
Study ID Numbers:	RDM2006
Study First Received:	May 8, 2006
Last Updated:	November 10, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00323401
Health Authority:	Denmark: The Regional Committee on Biomedical Research Ethics

Keywords provided by University of Aarhus:

Pregnancy
Parturition
Depression
Randomized
Antenatal classes

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Depression
Depressive Disorder

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 14, 2009