OBJECTIVE The study intends to identify the presence of clinical indicators of pain during labor and to correlate the verbal reference of pain intensity with uterine contractions as a proposal to validate the clinical nursing diagnosis Labor Pain. METHOD Observational study of the 22 clinical indicators that represented the defining characteristics for the diagnosis. RESULTS There were 55 p...

Childbirth is usually the most painful event of a mother's life, and resonates in individual and collective memory for years. The current study examined the relationship between the experience of labor pain and its recollection 2 days and 2 months after delivery. We found that despite the exceptional physical and emotional experiences of childbirth, the memory of the pain involved in labor was ...

This study aims to analyze the effect of birth ball therapy on mothers giving pain intensity first active phase labor. The method used was quasi-experimental with a one-group pretest-posttest design involving 40 during at PMB Nuriman Rafida, Jambi City, who were selected by accidental sampling. Research data analyzed using paired t-tests. results showed that most mother before carried out in se...

To study the efficacy of electro-acupuncture for the relief of labor pain, and to build a better understanding of how electro-acupuncture might influence the neuroendocrine system, 36 primiparas were randomly divided into an electro-acupuncture group and a control group. Assessments of pain intensity and degree of relaxation during labor were analyzed. The differences between the electro-acupun...

Background: Labor and delivery are physiological conditions that occur due to the contraction of smooth muscles uterus. pain is one most severe pains anyone can experience, its control important goals health care. Methods: This study was performed on 130 healthy pregnant women who had gestational ages 37 40 weeks were randomly assigned intervention groups using closed envelope technique. Then a...

Persalinan adalah proses keluarnya janin dalam rahim melalui jalan lahir. Setiap ibu bersalin pasti mengalami nyeri persalinan. Nyeri persalinan merupakan hal yang fisiologis karena disebabkan distensi uterus dan peregangan serviks. Berdasarkan studi pendahuluan dari 6 inpartu 100% nyeri, 33,3% merespon nyerinya menyeringai, mendesis, dapat mengikuti perintah tenaga kesehatan dengan baik. 50% b...

background & aim: although cold and heat have been recommended for labor pain relief, comparison of them and intermittent change in cold and heat therapy has been less considered. this study compared the effects of separate and intermittent heat and cold on labor pain relief and some birth outcomes . methods & materials : this was a randomized clinical trial. ninety-six parturient women were ra...

BACKGROUND Labor pain is one of the severest pains that cause many women request cesarean section for fear of pain. Thus, controlling labor pain is a major concern of maternity care. Nowadays, interest in non-pharmacological pain relief methods has been increased because of their lower side effects. The effects of discrete heat and cold on decreasing labor pain have been reported but there was ...