The Effect of Chewing Gum and Use of Stress Balls on Perception of Labor Pain, Fear of Birth, and Duration of Delivery

Kastamonu University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Labor Pain; Duration of Birth; Birth Satisfaction

Treatments: Other: stress ball; Other: chewing gum

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05380258

KAEK-143-132

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study was conducted as a randomized controlled experimental study. This study was planned to determine the effects of chewing gum and using a stress ball on the perception of labor pain, duration of labor and birth satisfaction. The population of the study consisted of primiparous mothers who applied to the hospital. This study was planned to determine the effects of chewing gum and using a stress ball on the perception of labor pain, duration of labor and birth satisfaction. The study was carried out in two stages. In the first stage, the data were collected in the delivery room, and in the second stage, the postpartum satisfaction levels of the mothers were measured in the postpartum service. The sample number of the investigators' study was determined as 96. Visual analog scale, birth satisfaction scale and birth follow-up form were used for the data of our study.

Enrollment: 96 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 35 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being primiparous to be in due time
• To have spontaneous vaginal delivery
• Ability to communicate verbally be between the ages of 18-35
• Not having a risky pregnancy
• Having a single fetus in the vertex position
• Having started contractions and continuing regularly
• Being in the latent phase of action (0-4 cm dilatation)
• Not having used any analgesia or using any pain medication to reduce pain during labor

Exclusion criteria

• Mothers who have a cesarean section decision
• Risky Pregnant
• Multiple Pregnancies
• Multiparous pregnant women

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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96 participants in 3 patient groups

chewing gum

Experimental group

Description:

Pregnant women with 4-5 cm cervical dilatation started chewing gum as soon as their contractions came and they chewed gum for 20 minutes. and when the cervical dilation was 6-8 cm, they chewed gum again for 20 minutes.

Treatment:

Other: chewing gum

stress ball

Experimental group

Description:

Pregnant women with 4-5 cm cervical dilatation were asked to tighten the ball for 5 seconds and relax for 2 seconds within 20 minutes when their contractions came, and when the cervical opening was 6-8 cm, they were asked to tighten the ball for 5 seconds and relax for 2 seconds within 20 minutes.

Treatment:

Other: stress ball

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

standard care