The Effect of Acupressure on Labor Pain and Labor Outcome

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Complete

Sex: Female

Target Recruitment: 131

Inclusion Criteria

18 to 35 years-old pregnant women; 38-42 weeks gestational age; parity of 1 or 2; no use of psycho-therapeutics nor labor induction medications prescribed by physician or midwife; no use of chemical or natural pain killers prior to the study; cervical dilatation of 3-5cm; BMI less than 29; devoid of any medical or obstetrical problems such as uterine myomas, pre-cancerous lesions, cephalopelvic disproportion, infertility or surgical operation on uterus or cervix, placenta previa, placental abruption, poly- or oligohydramnios, erythroblastosis fetalis, preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, decreased fetal movements; no use of tobacco (e.g., smoking, hubble bubble, drugs) or alcohol and no verbal, auditory, or mental problems.
Exclusion criteria: lack of consent;
oxytocin dose in excess of routine requirements and any sign of fetal distress such as a heart rate of over 160 or less than 110beats/min, late decelerations, thick meconium staining and prolonged or precipitate labor, newborn weighing less than 2500 or more than 4000 grams

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
abor Pain intensity. Timepoint: Before intervention, immediately following 2 minutes' intervention, after 30 minutes' intervention and 30 minutes post-intervention. Method of measurement: Visual Analog Scale.;Labor duration. Timepoint: Labor duration was documented in two time periods ,first time period, dilatation of 3cm to complete cervical dilatation; and second time period, from complete cervical dilatation to delivery time. Method of measurement: Cervical dilatation by vaginal exam and at cm.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Delivery type. Timepoint: After labour. Method of measurement: Registration in questionnaire.;Anxiety. Timepoint: Before intervention , after 30 minutes' intervention and 30 minutes post-intervention. Method of measurement: FAS.;Analgesic taking. Timepoint: Before and through intervention they did not take any analgesic. Method of measurement: Amount of analgesic taking.