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The Effect Cold Pack on pain and anxiety of labor

Not Applicable
Conditions
ormal delivery.
Spontaneous vertex delivery
Registration Number
IRCT2017062534755N1
Lead Sponsor
Vice Chancellor for Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Complete
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
90
Inclusion Criteria

primiparous women; age between 18-35 years; singletone and term pregnancy; normal fetus; beginning of the active phase of labor(dilatation of 3 to 4 cm); lack of used narcotic within 3h before and during the intervention; lack of received oxytocin during the intervention; lack of psychological disorders and chronic disease; dermatologic disorders in sacrum; cold allergy; history of any chronic pelvic pain; lack of abnormal pattern of fetal heart rate and obstetric complications (advanced diabetic, hypertension disorders).
exclusioncriteria: occurrence fetal distress or disorder of labor develop during the study.

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Pain severity. Timepoint: Before intervention, then every 1 hours after intervention in active phase. Method of measurement: Numeric Rating Scale.;Anxiety. Timepoint: Before intervention, then in 4-8 cm and 8-10cm cervix of dilatation. Method of measurement: Anxiety Inventory State questionnaire.;Birth satisfaction. Timepoint: 24 hours after childbirth. Method of measurement: Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised Hollins Martin.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Duration of active phase. Timepoint: Once and from 4cm dilatation to full dilatation and effacement cervix. Method of measurement: Per minute and using standard digital watch.;Duration of second stage of labor. Timepoint: Once and from full dilatation to child birth. Method of measurement: Per minute and using standard digital watch.;Fetal Heart Rate. Timepoint: Every 30 minute in active phase and every 15 minute in second stage. Method of measurement: Using standard sonokids and watch.;Neonatal Apgar score. Timepoint: First and fifth minutes after delivery. Method of measurement: Observation and examination, using Apgar score table.;Neonatal weight. Timepoint: immediately after delivery. Method of measurement: Per gram and using standard balance.
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