The effect of cold therapy on pain severity and labor outcome
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Delivery.Supervision of normal first pregnancy
- Registration Number
- IRCT2015022321200N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice Chancellor for research of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 68
Inclusion Criteria
Tendency to participate in the study; Singleton pregnancy between 37 and 41 weeks of gestation; Vortex presentation; Age of 18-35 years old and being primiparous.
Exclusion criteria :Lack of tendency to participate in the study;Disorder in delivery stages; Manual removal of placenta;Abnormal fetal heart rate patterns that lead to cesarean section.
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain severity. Timepoint: First,Second and third stage of labor. Method of measurement: Visual analogue scale.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Duration of labor stages. Timepoint: Since labor addmision to full dilatation(first stage),since full dilatation to child birth(second stage),since child birth to placenta delivery(third stage). Method of measurement: Per minute.;Perineal tears. Timepoint: Immediately after delivery. Method of measurement: According to the standard definition of tearing the skin, perineum, vagina and cervix.;Childbearing Satisfaction. Timepoint: After delivery. Method of measurement: Mackey 's standard questionnaire.;Measurement of hemoglobin. Timepoint: Before and six hours after delivery. Method of measurement: Blood test.;Neonatal apgar score. Timepoint: First and fifth minutes after delivery. Method of measurement: Apgar score table.