Comparison of electrical nerve stimulation with and without flow through the skin (TENS) with supportive psychological intervention on labor pain and its maternal and neonatal consequences in pregnant wome
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- pain level during childbirth.
- Registration Number
- IRCT20151103024866N15
- Lead Sponsor
- Kerman University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 90
Inclusion Criteria
The first delivery
Iranian nationality
Age 40-18
Having gestational age of 41-37 weeks
Single pregnancy
Cephalic presentation
The active phase of labor has begun (dilatation =4)
Exclusion Criteria
History of epidural analgesia
Presence of a sore or scar or inflammation at the junction of the tens probe with
with a pacemaker
Has a chronic underlying disease
used painkillers 3 hours before the intervention and during the intervention
Addicted to cigarettes and drugs and alcohol
Have a clear and recognizable barrier to normal delivery at the time of sampling
Have a history of cesarean section
Diagnosed, untreated mental illness
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain level during childbirth based on Visual Analogue Scale. Timepoint: At the beginning of the study (dilatation =4) and the end of the first stage of labor (dilatation 10 cm). Method of measurement: Visual Analogue Scale for pain.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method eonatal Apgar. Timepoint: first and fifth minutes. Method of measurement: Apgar table.;Delivery morbidity. Timepoint: during childbirth till one hours postpartum. Method of measurement: observational and gynecologist opinion.