delivery

Not Applicable

• Conditions: delivery.; Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium

• Registration Number: IRCT201604144317N10
• Lead Sponsor: shahid beheshti university of medical sciences

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Last Update Posted: 22 February 2018

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 84

Inclusion Criteria

1.Being of Iranian race;
2.The first and /or the second labor;
3.Being 18-35 years of old;
4.Term pregnancy, single-twin, and presentation of fetus head;
5.Onset of spontaneous contractions;
6.Dilatation examination upon arrival at 3-4 cm;
7.Minimum education level of elementary grade 5;
8.Not taking painkillers 3 hours before and during study;
9.Mot more than 6 hours passed after caul rupture;
10.Lack of experience with TENS;
11.No epilepsy;
12.No cardiac pacemakers;
13.No use of substance/ drugs; and
14.No skin lesions or surgical scars at the place of electrodes.
And followings are criteria for women ti be excluded from the study;
1.Emergency caesarean prior to the study completion; research;
2.Occurrence of such labor complications as vaginal bleeding during research;
3.Patients reluctance to continue participating in the study; and
4.Wounds or scars present at the place of electrodes.

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain intensity. Timepoint: At 4-5 cm, 6-7 cm, 8-9cm, 10cm. Method of measurement: pain visual scale.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Duration of the first phase of labor. Timepoint: duration of the first phase((upon arrived until 10-cm dilatation). Method of measurement: wristwatch.;Duration of the second phase of labor. Timepoint: second phase (from 10-cm dilatation to the fetus exit). Method of measurement: wristwatch.