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Last refreshed on: 4 December 2023
Main ID:  NCT02427854
Date of registration: 09/03/2015
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Oslo University Hospital
Public title: Palestinian Perineum and Birth Complication Study PPS
Scientific title: Can Perineal Tears and Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injuries in Palestine be Prevented? A Study of Two Different Interventions
Date of first enrolment: February 2015
Target sample size: 51041
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02427854
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Crossover Assignment. Primary purpose: Prevention. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Palestinian Territory, occupied
Contacts
Name:     Åse Vikanes, PhD
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Affiliation:  Oslo University Hospital
Name:     Erik Fosse, PhD
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Affiliation:  Oslo University Hospital, University of Oslo
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- all midwives and physicians working on labor ward in the participating hospitals.

- all women giving birth in the participating hospitals.

- both genders are included in the staff, and among the newborns

Exclusion Criteria:

- no exclusion criteria, the study aim is the education of the staff, and hospitals are
compared as units.



Age minimum: N/A
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Complication of Labor and Delivery
Intervention(s)
Behavioral: Education by animated training video
Procedure: Interactive hands-on bedside training
Primary Outcome(s)
Incidence of obstetric perineal injuries [Time Frame: 24 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Occurrence of major delivery complications [Time Frame: 24 months]
Occurrence of perineal injuries after education of the staff on diagnostics and repair [Time Frame: 24 months]
Secondary ID(s)
2014/1727
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Croydon University Hospital
Birzeit University Palestine
University of Birmingham
University of Oslo
Ethics review
Results
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