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Does gentle assisted pushing or giving birth in the upright position reduce the duration of the second stage of labour? A three-arm, open-label, randomised controlled trial in South Africa

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  • G Justus Hofmeyr Effective Care Research Unit (ECRU), Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at East London Hospital Complex (ELHC), University of the Witwatersrand, University of Fort Hare, Walter Sisulu University and Eastern Cape Department of Health, East London, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Joshua P Vogel UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Mandisa Singata Effective Care Research Unit (ECRU), Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at East London Hospital Complex (ELHC), University of the Witwatersrand, University of Fort Hare, Walter Sisulu University and Eastern Cape Department of Health, East London, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Ndema Abu Habib UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Sihem Landoulsi UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • A Metin Gülmezoglu UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Joshua P Vogel; vogeljo{at}who.int
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Hofmeyr GJ, Vogel JP, Singata M, et al
Does gentle assisted pushing or giving birth in the upright position reduce the duration of the second stage of labour? A three-arm, open-label, randomised controlled trial in South Africa
BMJ Global Health 2018;3:e000906.

Publication history

  • Received April 15, 2018
  • Revised May 25, 2018
  • Accepted May 28, 2018
  • First published June 29, 2018.
Online issue publication 
May 01, 2020

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