Effect of TENS on the reduction of labor pai
- Conditions
- Delivery.Assisted single delivery, unspecified
- Registration Number
- IRCT20080826001096N6
- Lead Sponsor
- Research vice-chancellorship, Guilan University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 84
Pregnant women aged 35-18 years old
Having reading and writing skills
The gestational age: 41-37 weeks
Single pregnancy
Cephalic fetal presentation
Latent phase of labor (dilatation less than 4-3 cm)
Use of epidural analgesia or other anesthetics within 24 hours before entering the study
The experience of using TENS or Acupuncture
The use of oxytocin to induce and augmentation of labor before entering the study
Mental and anatomical disorders (psychosis, schizophrenia, uterine abnormalities and pelvic stenosis)
chronic diseases (heart disease, hypertension, diabetes)
Skin diseases e (any lesion, inflammation and eczema) in the area of intervention
high risk pregnancies (gestational hypertension, polyhydramnios and oligohydramnios known by ultrasound)
Reduce fetal movements before entering the study
Intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR)
Rupture of membrane for more than 12 hours
Use narcotics 12 hours before entering the study
Infertility history
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain severity score. Timepoint: 1. The beginning of the study, 2.One hour after the close of TENS 3.The beginning of the active phase (dilation of 4-5 cm) 4.The end of the first phase (full dilatation). Method of measurement: visual analogue scale (VAS).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method TENS satisfaction score. Timepoint: 4 hours after childbirth. Method of measurement: Researcher made 3 questions questionnaire.