The Effect of Controlled Massage Applied at Birth on Labor Pain and Duration and Maternal Satisfaction

Tarsus University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Massage

Treatments: Other: controlled (automatic) massage

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05237765

TarsusU

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study was carried out to determine the effect of controlled massage applied at birth on labor pain and duration and maternal satisfaction. The study was conducted as a randomized, controlled research. The research was conducted with 154 randomized pregnant women admitted to Erzurum Nenehatun Obstetrics and Maternity hospital between February-November 2019. The study consisted of 3 different groups: Group A included the pregnant women who received routine hospital care (control group n=53), Group B included the pregnant women who received midwife-controlled massage (n=50), and the Group C consisted of the pregnant women who received self-controlled massage (n=51). It was determined that the controlled massage intervention that was applied in this study reduced labor pain, but it did not affect the duration of labor or the satisfaction levels of the women.

Full description

This study was conducted to determine the effects of controlled massage applied during labor on pain during labor, labor duration and maternal satisfaction. This was a randomized-controlled experimental study.The study was carried out with the participation of 154 randomly selected pregnant women at an Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital located in a province in the Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey between February and November 2019.The study included three groups (A: control group, B: midwife-controlled massage group, C: self-controlled massage group). The data were collected using a "Personal Information Form", the "Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)", the "Verbal Category Scale (VCS)", a "Partograph", an "Individual-Controlled Massage Follow-Up Form" and the "Scale for Maternal Satisfaction in Vaginal Delivery (SMSVD)".It was determined that the controlled massage intervention that was applied in this study reduced labor pain, but it did not affect the duration of labor or the satisfaction levels of the women.

IMPACT STATEMENT What is already known on this subject? Labor pain and outcomes occurring during labor are known and expected situation. Some nonpharmacological methods are applied to ensure that birth is easy and maternal satisfaction is high.

What the results of this study add? There is no studies using thecontrolled massage. In our study, it was found that controlled massage is effective on labor birth.

What the implications are of these findings for clinical practice and/or further research? Our study suggested that midwives and pregnant women could practice controlled massage to reduce labor pain.

Enrollment: 154 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 29 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Having at least a primary school degree
• Not having a communication problem
• Having a primiparous term pregnancy (38-42 weeks)
• Not having an obstetric risk
• Being in the latent phase of labor (dilation 0-3cm)
• Having no contraindications for massage

Exclusion criteria

• Being multiparous
• Having a high-risk pregnancy
• Being in the active or transitional phase of labor
• Having a contraindication to massage

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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154 participants in 3 patient groups

midwife-controlled massage

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: controlled (automatic) massage

self-controlled massage

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: controlled (automatic) massage

control group

No Intervention group