The Effect of Acupressure on Labor Pain and Anxiety Levels During Labor in Primiparas Women

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Labor Pain
• Interventions: Procedure: acupressure; Procedure: sham acupressure

• Registration Number: NCT05411289
• Lead Sponsor: Cairo University

Brief Summary

the effect of acupressure on labor pain and anxiety levels during labor in primiparas women

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2022-06-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-06-06
• Study Start: 2022-06-07
• Study First Posted: 2022-06-09
• Primary Completion: 2022-07-08
• Study Completion: 2022-07-15
• Status Verified: 2022-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-11-23
• Last Update Posted: 2022-11-29

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

• Primiparas women aged from 20 to 30 years old,
• gestational age of between 37 and 40 weeks according to ultrasonography.
• A fetal weight of between 2500 and 3500 g according to ultrasonography or clinical examination .
• They are transferred to labor room if active labor is in progress (defined as cervical dilatation 3 cm and the presence of regular uterine contraction,
• having a single and healthy fetus in the vertex position

Exclusion Criteria

• who were needing an emergency C-section.
• Women having a current or previous high-risk pregnancy
• who have experienced pregnancy complications
• Women with a systemic disease during pregnancy . Women with a psychological disorder

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
acupressure	acupressure	Pressures were applied on three points consecutively, firstly on two points bilaterally Hugo point (LI4) and He-7 (Shenmen), then pressure was applied on sanyinjiao (SP6)
sham acupressure	sham acupressure	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Anxiety level	about one hour	To measure anxiety, the Spiberger inventory questionnaire will be used
labor pain	about one hour	labor pain will be assessed using visual analogue scale.; . It employs a 10-cm ruler scale with no pain sign at one end and the most intense pain sign at the other to allow users to assess their own pain

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
blood pressure response	about one hour	will measured using sphygmomanometer
pulse rate response	about one hour	will measured using pulse oximetry

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Faculty of physical therapy; 🇪🇬 Cairo, Egypt