The Effect of Reflexology on Labor

Launched by UNIVERSITY OF GAZIANTEP · Mar 13, 2019

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Aims:This study was conducted as a randomized controlled experimental study in order to determine the effect of reflexology application in primiparous pregnant women on labor pain, anxiety, labor duration, and birth satisfaction.

METHOD Participants The study was conducted with voluntary pregnant women applying to the delivery room unit of Gaziantep Cengiz Gökçek Maternity and Children Hospital to perform their first birth between 01 July 2017 and 07 July 2018. When the sample volume that would represent the population with the conditions of α= 0.05 risk, 1-α =0.95 accuracy rate, B= 0.20, ...

Gender

FEMALE

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Pregnant women who were 19 years old and older,
• • Pregnant women who had singleton pregnancy, were between 38-42nd weeks of gestation,
• • Pregnant women who can perform spontaneous vaginal delivery,
• • Pregnant women who were at the beginning of the active phase in the first phase of action (4 cm dilatation),
• • Pregnant women who were primiparous, can establish verbal communication,
• • Pregnant women who agreed to participate in the study.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Pregnant women who had risky pregnancy,
• • Pregnant women who had a systemic disease that would interfere with normal birth,
• • Pregnant women who were in the second stage of labor