se of acupressure with breathing technique and relaxation for pain relief in labor

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• Conditions: abor, Obstetric, Labor pain; C10.597.617.515; G08.686.785.760.769.326

• Registration Number: RBR-9mhs8r
• Lead Sponsor: Faculdade de Enfermagem da Universidade Estadual de Campinas

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2015-05-22
• Last Update Posted: 29 May 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruitment completed
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

156 women in labor; 37 weeks gestation or more; single and cephalic fetus; cervical dilation greater than or equal to 4 cm; two or more contractions in 10 minutes; skin integrates on acupressure point.

Exclusion Criteria

Pregnant women with severe hypertensive disease; pregnancy bleeding; early indication of cesarean section; dilated cervix equal to or greater at 8 cm; analgesic drug use for less than 6 hours of admission in the study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Intervention
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain control during labor according to the visual analog scale (VAS) graded from 0 to 10, 0 for complete absence of pain and 10 being the worst pain experienced, assessed before, 20 and 60 minutes of treatment.;The average pain score was not different among the three groups at baseline (p=0.098). However, a difference was seen immediately after acupressure (SP6 5.92 ± 2.29 versus placebo 7.60 ± 2.47 versus control 8.50 ± 1.90, p<0.001) and at 60 minutes of treatment (SP6 6.47 ± 2.21 versus placebo 8.09 ± 2.25 versus control 8.75 ± 1.82, p<0.001). These differences were significantly different between groups.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Time of labor; cesarean delivery rate; Apgar in the first and fifth minute of the newborn; use of analgesics and analgesia. ;The duration of labor was significantly different between the SP6 acupressure group [221.5 min (± 162.4 min)] versus placebo [397.9 min (± 265.6 min)] and versus control [381.9 min (± 358.3) min)] (p=0.005); the groups were similar regarding the cesarean section raterates (p=0.255); there was no difference between the Apgar scores in the first minute (p=0.954) and fifth minute (SP6 9.62 versus placebo 9.54 versus control 9.29, p=0.722); use of intravenous or intramuscular analgesic, epidural anesthesia or combined blockade showed no statistical difference (p=0.584) during study.