Silver Leaf During Pregnancy in French Guiana : Use and Impact on Health

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

332 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-03-21

Study Completion Date

2023-07-07

Brief Summary

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This is a descriptive, observational, cross-sectional study among women who have given birth in one of French Guiana's maternity hospitals to determine if the use of silver leaf is frequent and could have an impact on pregancy outcomes. This Fey darjan project is an ancillary study of the Nutri Pou Ti'Moun 1 project

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Detailed Description

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French Guiana's ethnomedicines use is still very dynamic, with a significant level of herbal medicine use per inhabitant (17.6 citations of use per inhabitant surveyed) and the continual integration of new species into the local medicinal flora. Over a period of 30 years, studies noted significant changes and mutations in plant-based care methods, favored by a significant intercultural mix (close border areas and migrant population from the Caribbean and South America).

The species Ocotea guianensis Aublet (Lauraceae), known in French Guiana as 'feuille d'argent' (féy darjan in Creole, silvon leaf in english), is used locally to facilitate childbirth. This use (a decoction of leaves administered to parturients as a sitz bath) among the Palikur (an indigenous Amerindian people from northern Amapá in Brazil and eastern French Guiana) and coastal Creoles. This use has been observed more recently by Tareau (2020) among Haitian and Guyanese Creole women According to a preliminary study by a perinatal network in French Guiana, cases of acute foetal distress at the time of delivery and post-partum haemorrhage have been observed in pregnant women who have used silver leaf decoctions, without a statistical or pathophysiological link being formally established.

From an epidemiological point of view, the frequency of use of Silver Leaf Decoctions (SLD) and the medical consequences of this use during childbirth and the immediate post-partum period have not been quantified in French Guiana. Although health-care providers have observed that some women use SLDs when certain pathological events occur during childbirth, no study has demonstrated a definite link between SLDs and complicated childbirth.

The profile of users, the ways in which SLDs are used during pregnancy, and their impact on childbirth, uterine contractions and the immediate post-partum period also need to be clarified. The perception and representations of this practice from the point of view of caregivers are also elements to be taken into consideration.

The research hypothesis is that the use of silver leaf by parturients in French Guiana is frequent and could have an impact on pregnancy outcomes (prolonged labor, ineffective contractions, perinatal pain, cardio-fetal rhythm abnormalities, post-partum hemorrhage...).

Conditions

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Pregnancy Complications Herbal Medicine Adverse Reaction

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_ONLY

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Women admitted for delivery in one of the French Guiana maternity hospitals and previsouly included in the study Nutri Pou Ti Moun 1 (NCT05653128)

Exclusion Criteria

* Refusal to participate to study or absence of collection of non-opposition of participant
* Lack of parental consent for minor participants
* Women under gardianship or curatorship

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes