Protocol for a randomised controlled trial of a decision aid for the management of pain in labour and childbirth [ISRCTN52287533] 英文参考文献.docVIP

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth BioMedCentral Study protocol Open Access Protocol for a randomised controlled trial of a decision aid for the management of pain in labour and childbirth [ISRCT Christine L Roberts*1, Camille H Raynes-Greenow1, Natasha Nassar1, Lyndal Trevena2 and Kirsten McCaffery2 Address: 1Centre for Perinatal Health Services Research, QEII Building DO2, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia and 2School of Public Health, Edward Ford Building A27, University of Sydney NSW 2006, Australia Email: Christine L Roberts* - christine.roberts@.au; Camille H Raynes-Greenow - camillerg@.au; Natasha Nassar - nnassar@.au; Lyndal Trevena - lyndalt@.au; Kirsten McCaffery - kirstenm@.au * Corresponding author Published: 09 December 2004 Received: 10 November 2004 Accepted: 09 December 2004 BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2004, 4:24 doi:10.1186/1471-2393-4-24 This article is available from: /1471-2393/4/24 ? 2004 Roberts et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background: Women report fear of pain in childbirth and often lack complete information on analgesic options prior to labour. Preferences for pain relief should be discussed before labour begins. A womans antepartum decision to use pain relief is likely influenced by her cultural background, friends, family, the media, literature and her antenatal caregivers. Pregnant women report that information about analgesia was most commonly derived from hearsay and least commonly from health professionals. Decision aids are emerging as a promising tool to assist practitioners and their patients in evidence-based decision making. Decision aids are designed to assist patients and their doctors in making informed decisions usin