Labor pain is among the most severe pains in the world.1 Severe labor pain causes distress for mother and can impair her health. It might also have negative effects on child-mother and marital relationships.2 According to previous studies, the fear of tolerating vaginal delivery pain has significantly in-creased the number of cesarean sections in Iran3,4 although there are a number of non-pharmacological interventions to relieve pain.5 Studies performed in 1988 on 4171 American women revealed that 84% of wom-en tended to use non-pharmacological me-thods to decrease labor pain and the com-monest methods were breathing techniques (55.2%) and massaging (17.3%).6
Implementation of different techniques is time-consuming and costly. On the other hand, a safe method to control pain should
certainly be effective, affordable and accessible
as well as less hazardous for both the
mother and the fetus. Comparing the commonest
methods seems necessary in order to
determine the most effective method. Thus,
we tried to compare the effects of massage
therapy and breathing techniques on pain
intensity and physiological responses to pain
(pulse rate, blood pressure and fever), as well
as on progression and labor results (type of
delivery and Apgar score).
Labor pain is among the most severe pains in the world.1 Severe labor pain causes distress for mother and can impair her health. It might also have negative effects on child-mother and marital relationships.2 According to previous studies, the fear of tolerating vaginal delivery pain has significantly in-creased the number of cesarean sections in Iran3,4 although there are a number of non-pharmacological interventions to relieve pain.5 Studies performed in 1988 on 4171 American women revealed that 84% of wom-en tended to use non-pharmacological me-thods to decrease labor pain and the com-monest methods were breathing techniques (55.2%) and massaging (17.3%).6Implementation of different techniques is time-consuming and costly. On the other hand, a safe method to control pain shouldcertainly be effective, affordable and accessibleas well as less hazardous for both themother and the fetus. Comparing the commonestmethods seems necessary in order todetermine the most effective method. Thus,we tried to compare the effects of massagetherapy and breathing techniques on painintensity and physiological responses to pain(pulse rate, blood pressure and fever), as wellas on progression and labor results (type ofdelivery and Apgar score).
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