Pain Relief Satisfaction With New Educational Materials

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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This study compares patient satisfaction after labor and delivery with access to either the default educational materials available, or to a table computer set to display an educational website, thepainlesspush.com.

Detailed Description
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This is a prospective randomized controlled study. The investigators hypothesize that parturients with access to the website will exhibit greater satisfaction with labor and delivery pain control. Potential participants will be recruited from the University of New Mexico Hospital (UNMH) Labor & Delivery floor. Patients will be enrolled following an oral consent process. They will be randomized into either control group or intervention group. Control group participants will have their standard of care visit with an anesthesiologist and routine hospital pain-relief information. Intervention group participants will have their standard of care visit with an anesthesiologist, plus one hour in which to view the patient education website thepainlesspush.com, on an iPad provided by the Anesthesiology department for this purpose. After their delivery and transfer to the mother/baby unit, participants will complete a satisfaction survey brought to them by a study team member. Participants will complete the survey following their delivery and prior to discharge. The primary team will notify us with expected discharge in which we will retrieve the survey from them in their room and answer any last questions. Their active participation in the study will be complete at this time. After a participant completes the satisfaction survey, research team members will collect demographic information and relevant obstetric/medical history information from the electronic medical record.

Official Title
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Satisfaction of Pain Relief During Labor and Delivery Following Access to New Educational Materials

Conditions
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Patient Satisfaction

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Access to routine information
* Other: Access to website


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: All English- or Spanish-speaking patients who are admitted to UNMH Labor and Delivery for planned progression to active labor. Exclusion Criteria: Age under 18 years Patients unable to provide consent for medical procedures Patients who do not speak either English or Spanish

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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Female

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Active Comparator: Baseline Group<br>Access to existing educational materials about labor/delivery pain relief options, as well as an opportunity to ask physicians, nurses, and other relevant personnel for more information. | Other: Access to routine information<br>* Access to routine pain-control information<br>|
| Experimental: Website Group<br>Access to a tablet computer set to display an educational website (thepainlesspush.com) with information about labor/delivery pain relief options, as well as an opportunity to ask physicians, nurses, and other relevant personnel for more information. | Other: Access to website<br>* Access to informational website: thepainlesspush.com<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Patient satisfaction with pain control in labor | Satisfaction as measured on 10-item Likert scale questionnaire | Up to two days | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Epidural analgesia utilization rate | Proportion of patients receiving epidural analgesia | Up to two days |