Effect of a decision aid on the choice of pregnant women whether to have epidural anesthesia or not during labor.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Decision aids (DAs) are useful in providing information for decision-making on using epidural anesthesia during birth. To date, there has been little development of DAs for Japanese pregnant women. Herein, we investigated the effect of a DA on the decision of pregnant women whether to have epidural anesthesia or not for labor during vaginal delivery. The primary outcome was changes in mean decision conflict score.

Methods

In this non-randomized controlled trial, 300 low-risk pregnant women in an urban hospital were recruited by purposive sampling and assigned to 2 groups: DA (intervention) and pamphlet (control) groups. Control enrollment was started first (until 150 women), followed by intervention enrollment (150 women). Pre-test and post-test scores were evaluat

SUBMITTER: Shishido E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7660548 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature