Dosage of oxytocin for augmentation of labor and women's childbirth experiences: A randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The aim of this study was to compare childbirth experiences and experience of labor pain in primiparous women who had received high- vs low-dose oxytocin for augmentation of delayed labor.

Material and methods

A multicenter, parallel, double-blind randomized controlled trial took place in six Swedish labor wards. Inclusion criteria were healthy primiparous women at term with uncomplicated singleton pregnancies, cephalic fetal presentation, spontaneous onset of labor, confirmed delayed labor progress and ruptured membranes. The randomized controlled trial compared high- vs low-dose oxytocin used for augmentation of a delayed labor progress. The Childbirth Experience Questionnaire version 2 (CEQ2) was sent to the women 1 month after birth. The CEQ2 consists of 22

SUBMITTER: Selin L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8248083 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature