The effect of two methods of uriculotherapy and reflexology on the severity of labor pain and the durationof the active stage of labor
- Conditions
- The effect of reflexology and auriculotherapy on the severity of labor pain.Failed induction of labour
- Registration Number
- IRCT20220910055928N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Shahroud University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 96
obtaining informed consent.
Low-risk pregnancy (not having a placenta, no polyhydramnios, reduced fetal movements, as well as IUGR
Gestation age 37-40 weeks
Singleton pregnancy
Cephalic presentation
4 cm dilation and uterine contractions for 30 seconds and 2-3 contractions in 10 minutes
Age between 18-35 years
Having at least reading and writing literacy
Having at least one healthy ear
Having at least one healthy foot (absence of cuts, burns, fungal infections, warts, warts, and any kind of numbness in the foot)
Has a safe water bag
Receiving painkillers within 3 hours before the start and during the study
Drug addiction
Using oxytocin to induce and accelerate childbirth
Emergency caesarean section for any reason before the completion of the first stage of labor
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Severity of labor pain. Timepoint: Time intervals of pain intensity measurement by visual pain scale will be done first at 4 cm dilatation and then at 6 and 8 cm dilatation. Method of measurement: The way to measure the outcome variable will be a horizontal ruler (visual scale of pain).;The duration of the active phase of labor. Timepoint: Time intervals of pain intensity measurement by visual pain scale will be done first at 4 cm dilatation and then at 6 and 8 cm dilatation. Method of measurement: The way to measure the outcome variable will be a horizontal ruler (visual scale of pain).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method