The Effect of Acupressure on Labor Pain and Anxiety Levels During Labor in Primiparas Women

Labor Pain Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of Acupressure on Labor Pain and Anxiety Levels During Labor in Primiparas Women

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05411289
• Other study ID #: P.T.REC/012/003704
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: June 7, 2022
• Est. completion date: July 15, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: November 2022
• Source: Cairo University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

the effect of acupressure on labor pain and anxiety levels during labor in primiparas women

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 60
• Est. completion date: July 15, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: July 8, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 20 Years to 30 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Primiparas women aged from 20 to 30 years old,

• gestational age of between 37 and 40 weeks according to ultrasonography.

• A fetal weight of between 2500 and 3500 g according to ultrasonography or clinical examination .

• They are transferred to labor room if active labor is in progress (defined as cervical dilatation 3 cm and the presence of regular uterine contraction,

• having a single and healthy fetus in the vertex position

Exclusion Criteria:

• who were needing an emergency C-section.

• Women having a current or previous high-risk pregnancy

• who have experienced pregnancy complications

• Women with a systemic disease during pregnancy . Women with a psychological disorder

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Labor Pain

Intervention

Procedure:
• acupressure
Pressures were applied on three points consecutively, firstly on two points bilaterally Hugo point (LI4) and He-7 (Shenmen), then pressure was applied on sanyinjiao (SP6). pressure was applied gradually for 30 seconds on the above mentioned points. Then this pressure was slowly intensified to the extent that the patient felt tingling, numbness, heaviness, and strain in the surrounding area.
• sham acupressure
Pressures were applied on sham points consecutively

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Egypt	Faculty of physical therapy	Cairo

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Cairo University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Egypt, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Anxiety level	To measure anxiety, the Spiberger inventory questionnaire will be used	about one hour
Primary	labor pain	labor pain will be assessed using visual analogue scale.; . It employs a 10-cm ruler scale with no pain sign at one end and the most intense pain sign at the other to allow users to assess their own pain	about one hour
Secondary	pulse rate response	will measured using pulse oximetry	about one hour
Secondary	blood pressure response	will measured using sphygmomanometer	about one hour