Wireless EFM shortens labor duration, increases birth satisfaction, and reduces perceived pain during labor. With wireless EFM, comfort in labor increases and higher labor comfort increases birth satisfaction. As perceived pain in labor decreases, birth satisfaction increases. Therefore, wireless EFM practice is recommended during the antepartum and intrapartum periods.
Problem Wired Electronic Fetal Monitoring (EFM) limits the woman's freedom of movement during labor, causes inability to cope with labor pain, lack of comfort, and a decrease in labor satisfaction. Background While EFM is performed as wired and wireless in the antepartum and intrapartum periods, wired application is common in the world and in our country. Aim This randomized controlled study was conducted to evaluate the effect of the wireless fetal monitoring, which is used during birth, on the woman's comfort, labor pain and birth satisfaction. Methods The study population consisted of 88 women, divided into two groups the experimental group (n=44) and the control group (n=44). The data were collected with the Personal Information Form, Childbirth Comfort Questionnaire (CCQ), Visual Pain Scale (VAS), and Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R). During the intrapartum period, the wireless fetal monitoring system was used in the experimental group and the wired fetal monitoring system was used in the control group.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SCREENING
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
88
The wireless fetal monitoring system shortens the period of labor by enabling the woman to be more mobile during the intrapartum period.
Cumhuriyet University
Sivas, Turkey (Türkiye)
Childbirth Comfort Questionnaire
The participants rated the questionnaire through a Likert-type scale ranging from 1 to 5. The scores that can be obtained from the scale vary from 9 to 45. Higher scores indicate higher comfort during labor, whereas lower scores mean lower comfort
Time frame: When the cervical dilatation of the pregnant woman was 8-10 cm in labor, the CCQ were filled out by the researcher between contractions, when the pregnant feels good.
Visual Analogue Scale
To measure the level of the pain, mostly a 10-cm-long vertical or horizontal line labeled from "No pain" to "Unbearable pain" is used. The participants are asked to mark their pain level on the line by a line, dot, or simply showing. The distance between the "no pain" point and the marked point indicates the level of pain
Time frame: When the cervical dilatation of the pregnant woman was 8-10 cm in labor, the VAS were filled out by the researcher between contractions, when the pregnant feels good.
Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised
The lowest and the highest scores that can be obtained from the scale were 0 and 40, respectively. Higher scores indicate higher satisfaction. Satisfaction is classified as low satisfaction (0-13), medium satisfaction (14-27), and high satisfaction (28-40). The scale is implemented within the first three days after delivery birth.
Time frame: The BSS-R was conducted 1 h after the mother was taken from the labor room to the gynecology and obstetrics service. The time required for the rest need of the postpartum mother, to meet her personal needs and breastfeed her baby was also provided
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