The effect of acupuncture in reducing the labor pain in mothers referred to Akbrabadi ?hospital in 2021, a randomized clinical trial.?
- Conditions
- Reducing the labor pains in the normal vaginal delivery by the acupuncture.
- Registration Number
- IRCT20220303054175N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Iran University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 32
?S?ingleton Pregnant mothers,Normal BMI (19.8-26),Number of deliveries equal to or less 1,Fluency in Persian to understand information,Term pregnancy (37 to 40 weeks) based on ultrasound under 20 weeks,Dilatation 5 cm,Proper uterine contraction in terms of number,Duration and intensity lasting more than 30 seconds and less than ten minutes apart,Regular heart rate,Natural display of the fetus,Spontaneous onset of labor,Do not have any obstetric problems and do not have the disease.
Patient's disagreement with entering the plan and provisions of the stillbirth consent form,Multiple miscarriages, with abortions,Neonates and congenital anomalies of major (including: life-threatening, need for major surgery, chromosomal trisomies), presence of maternal medical diseases (preeclampsia, thrombophilia, hypertension) and presence of PRROM, HTN, oligohydramenosis, amniotic fluid disorder, Previous cesarean section and use of fetal heart monitor due to fetal distress.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Study and evaluation of the effects of the acupuncture in reducing the delivery pains by stimulating the real points in this study which is selected as follows: SP6 -Sp9 -St36 -Li3-Li4. Timepoint: The measurement of reducing the pain at this stage will compare in the period of 15 minutes - 30 minutes - 45 minutes. Method of measurement: The Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) measures pain intensity. The VAS consists of a 10cm line, with two end points representing 0 ('no pain') and 10 ('pain as bad as it could possibly be').
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Study and evaluation of the effect of the acupuncture in reducing the delivery pains by stimulating the unreal points in this study which is selected as follows: : LU5, LU6, LU8, ST39. Timepoint: The measurement of reducing the pain at this stage will compare in the period of 15 minutes - 30 minutes - 45 minutes. Method of measurement: The Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) measures pain intensity. The VAS consists of a 10cm line, with two end points representing 0 ('no pain') and 10 ('pain as bad as it could possibly be').