The Effect of Lower Back Massage on Perceived Labor Pain

Eskisehir Osmangazi University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Labor Pain

Treatments: Procedure: lower back massage

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05222867

ALPQT_NONFARMA

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the study was to assesment the change in pain scores with lower back massage, a non-pharmacological method, on perceived labor pain in the early active phase of the first stage of labor.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 49 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• The study group consisted of pregnant women who were at 37-40 weeks of pregnancy,
• had cervical dilatation of 4-6 cm,
• had a single, live, and vertex fetus,
• had an uncomplicated pregnancy,
• had no contraction anomalies,
• could communicate in Turkish
• planned for a vaginal delivery.

Exclusion criteria

• with cognitive dysfunction
• using narcotic analgesics or sedative drugs
• had any contraindications for applying a back massage

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

pregnant women undergoing lower back massage

Treatment:

Procedure: lower back massage

control group

No Intervention group

Description:

pregnant women given routine care