Virtual Reality Animation and Ice Massage on The Hoku Point

Kastamonu University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Labor Pain

Treatments: Other: ice massage; Other: virtual reality animation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05850624

2022-KAEK-53

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this study was to compare the effects of ice massage and virtual reality animation on labor pain, duration, and satisfaction with delivery.

The main questions aims to answer are:

H1 There are differences between Ice massage group and/or virtual reality animation groups and the control group in women's' labor pain.

H2 There are differences between Ice massage group and/or virtual reality animation groups and the control group in women's' labor duration.

H3 There are differences between Ice massage group and/or virtual reality animation groups and the control group in women's' satisfaction.

This randomized controlled trial (n = 94) includes three arms. Two intervention groups (ice massage (IMG); virtual reality animation (VRA)) and one control group, (CG). Personal information form, and Visual Analog Scale (VAS) and Birth Satisfaction Scale will used to collect data. Frequency and percentage calculations, Mann Whitney U, Kruskal Wallis test, chi-square test, Tukey's honestly significant difference test, and will used for data analysis.

Enrollment: 94 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 35 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Term primiparous and singleton pregnancies,
• Longitudinal and vertex position of the fetus,
• Body Mass Index (BMI) below 30,
• cervical dilatation of 0-3 cm,
• who agreed to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

• applying pharmacological intervention during labor,
• having a risky pregnancy,
• want to withdraw from the study,
• having ice allergy,
• being visually impaired.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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94 participants in 3 patient groups

ice massage

Experimental group

Description:

ice massage to hoku point for labor pain for 20 minutes

Treatment:

Other: ice massage

virtual animation

Experimental group

Description:

watching virtual animation for 20 minutes for labor pain

Treatment:

Other: virtual reality animation

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

receiving standart care