Effects of LI4 Acupressure on labor pain in the first stage of labor
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- labor pain.Maternal distress during labour and delivery
- Registration Number
- IRCT138904104281N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Iran University of Medical Sceince and Health Services
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
Inclusion criteria included: first to third pregnancy, no drug addiction, gestational age more than 37 weeks, single fetus, cephalic presentation, age 40 to 20 years, no previous experience of using acupressure to each reason, absence of any wounds, bruising, irritation in sensitive estuary needle point LI4, no previous cesarean section.
Exclusion criteria: receiving sedatives or anesthesia during the study, any other intervention such as injecting drug oxytocin
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain. Timepoint: Before intervention, immedietly after the intervention, 20, 60 minutes and every hour until onset of secondry stage of labor. Method of measurement: Visual Analog Scale.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method eonatal Apgar score. Timepoint: at the 1st and 5th minute. Method of measurement: Examination & Ovservation.;Memory of labor pain. Timepoint: 24 hours after delivery. Method of measurement: Visual Analog Scale.;Satisfaction from delivery. Timepoint: immediately after delivery. Method of measurement: scale ruler 6 parts.;Delivery type. Timepoint: after termination of pregnancy. Method of measurement: observation.;Duration of the first and second phases of labor. Timepoint: from 3-5 cm cervical dilation to full cervical dilatation and full cervical dilatation to the delivery time. Method of measurement: timer.