Author:
Dastjerd Fatemeh,Erfanian Arghavanian Fatemeh,Sazegarnia Ameneh,Akhlaghi Farideh,Esmaily Habibollah,Kordi Masoumeh
Abstract
Abstract
Background
Labor pain is complex, paradoxical and varied in every parturient woman. Management of labor pain has been a crucial component in maternity care. Heat therapy is one of the proposed method for labor pain relief. Infrared is one of the methods of heat therapy but there is any study in this regard. This study aimed to compare the effect of the infrared belt and hot water bag on the severity of pain in the first stage of labor among primiparous women.
Methods
In this clinical trial in the first stage of labor, 20-min cycles of heat therapy were conducted at the dilations of 4–5 and 6–7 cm in the intervention group 1 by an infrared belt and in the intervention group 2 by hot water bag, respectively. The control group received routine care. The severity of the pain was measured by the short-form McGill Pain Questionnaire.
Results
In total, 136 women consented to participate in this clinical trial study. The mean score of pain intensity was significantly lower in the two intervention groups compared to the control group (P < 0.001). The mean pain intensity was significantly lower in the infrared belt group than in the hot water bag group (P < 0.001).
Conclusions
Based on these findings, heat therapy with an infrared belt reduced the severity of pain in the first stage of labor. The infrared belt could be used and recommended as a safe and effective pain relief in childbirth and maternity care.
Trial registration
This study was registered in the Iran Clinical Trial Center with the code of IRCT20190805044446N1.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Reference51 articles.
1. Whitburn LY, Jones LE, Davey MA, Small R. Women’s experiences of labour pain and the role of the mind: an exploratory study. Midwifery. 2014;30(9):1029–35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2014.04.005.
2. Whitburn LY, Jones LE, Davey MA, Small R. The meaning of labour pain: how the social environment and other contextual factors shape women’s experiences. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2017;17(1):157. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-017-1343-3.
3. Whitburn LY, Jones LE, Davey MA, McDonald S. The nature of labour pain: An updated review of the literature. Women Birth. 2019;32(1):28–38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2018.03.004.
4. Cunningham G, Leveno K, Bloom S, Spong C, et al. Williams Obestetrics. 25th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill Education; 2018.
5. Kordi. M, Golmakani. A, Rabiei Motlagh. E, Zahedifar. T, Badiei Avval. Sh, Non-pharmacological approaches to relieving labor pain, 2nd ed, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, 2017
Cited by
2 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献，注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献，订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献