Effect of antenatal education in small classes versus standard auditorium-based lectures on use of pain relief during labour and of obstetric interventions: results from the randomised NEWBORN trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the effect of an antenatal education programme in small classes versus standard auditorium-based lectures.

Design

Randomised trial using random-generated web-based 1:1 allocation.

Setting

The largest birth site in the Capital Region of Denmark, from August 2012 to May 2014.

Participants

1766 pregnant women. Inclusion criteria ≥18 years, pregnant with a single child, and able to speak and understand Danish. Women were enrolled in the trial from 10+0 to 20+0 weeks of gestation.

Interventions

The intervention programme consisted of three times 2.5 hours of antenatal education in small classes (n=6-8 women), and focused on improving information and problem-solving skills for expectant parents in order to ease birth and the transition to

SUBMITTER: Brixval CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4908902 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature