the effect of acupressure on labor pain and anxiety levels during labor in primiparas women
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
60
Pressures were applied on three points consecutively, firstly on two points bilaterally Hugo point (LI4) and He-7 (Shenmen), then pressure was applied on sanyinjiao (SP6). pressure was applied gradually for 30 seconds on the above mentioned points. Then this pressure was slowly intensified to the extent that the patient felt tingling, numbness, heaviness, and strain in the surrounding area.
Pressures were applied on sham points consecutively
Faculty of physical therapy
Cairo, Egypt
Anxiety level
To measure anxiety, the Spiberger inventory questionnaire will be used
Time frame: about one hour
labor pain
labor pain will be assessed using visual analogue scale. . It employs a 10-cm ruler scale with no pain sign at one end and the most intense pain sign at the other to allow users to assess their own pain
Time frame: about one hour
pulse rate response
will measured using pulse oximetry
Time frame: about one hour
blood pressure response
will measured using sphygmomanometer
Time frame: about one hour
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