Acupressure and Comfort at Childbirth

NCT ID: NCT05407103

Last Updated: 2022-06-07

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 129 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2020-08-24
• Study Completion Date: 2022-02-21

Brief Summary

Aims: Non-pharmacological methods employed for management labor pain also help pregnant women to cope with labor pain and increase their childbirth comfort. The aim of this study is to determine the effect of cold and hot acupressure applications, applied to the acupressure point LI4 of primiparous women during labor, on their childbirth comfort.

Methods: This study was designed a randomized controlled experimental study. The sample consisted of 129 healthy pregnant women including 44 pregnant women in the hot acupressure group, 44 pregnant women in the cold acupressure group, and 41 pregnant women in the control group. The "Personal Information Form", the "Labor Monitoring Form", the "Visual Analog Scale", and the "Childbirth Comfort Questionnaire" were all used to gather the data.

Conditions

Pain, Labor

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Cold Acupressure Group

Personal information form (PIF ) , Labor Monitoring Form (LMF), Visual Analog Scale (VAS), and Childbirth Comfort Questionnaire (CCQ) as pre-test during the latent phase before going about the cold acupressure. Next, she applied the cold acupressure pouches on the respective cold group on their LI 4 point for ten minutes, during the active and transition phases. The application was then suspended for one hour, and then repeated three more times.

Last, posttest took place. Cold group was given VAS and CCQ during transition phase of dilation between contractions. The researchers then filled out LMF after cold group to monitor how they were feeling.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Cold Acupressure

Intervention Type: OTHER

For the cold acupressure application, the researchers prepared pouches that were 3 cm long, 2 cm wide, and 1 cm high (3x2x1cm), and filled with cherry seeds - to retain heat for a longer time, hence the preference. Next, they fixed rubber bands to the pouches so that they stayed in place on the participants' hands during acupressure, and retain consistent pressure throughout. Lastly, the cold acupressure pouches were kept in a freezer for 40 minutes.

Warm Acupressure Group

PIF, LMF, VAS, and CCQ as pre-test during the latent phase before going about the warm acupressure. Next, she applied the warm acupressure pouches on the respective warm groups on their LI 4 point for ten minutes, during the active and transition phases. The application was then suspended for one hour, and then repeated three more times.

Last, posttest took place. Warm group was given VAS and CCQ during transition phase of dilation between contractions. The researchers then filled out LMF after warm group to monitor how they were feeling.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Warm Acupressure

Intervention Type: OTHER

For the warm acupressure application, the researchers prepared pouches that were 3 cm long, 2 cm wide, and 1 cm high (3x2x1cm), and filled with cherry seeds - to retain heat for a longer time, hence the preference. Next, they fixed rubber bands to the pouches so that they stayed in place on the participants' hands during acupressure, and retain consistent pressure throughout. Lastly, the warm acupressure pouches were heated in a microwave at 600 W for one minute.

Control Group

The researcher ran PIF, LMF, VAS, and CCQ as pre-test during the latent phase. No intervention was applied to the control group. Last, posttest took place. Control group was given VAS and CCQ during transition phase of dilation between contractions. The researchers then filled out LMF after warm group to monitor how they were feeling.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Cold Acupressure

For the cold acupressure application, the researchers prepared pouches that were 3 cm long, 2 cm wide, and 1 cm high (3x2x1cm), and filled with cherry seeds - to retain heat for a longer time, hence the preference. Next, they fixed rubber bands to the pouches so that they stayed in place on the participants' hands during acupressure, and retain consistent pressure throughout. Lastly, the cold acupressure pouches were kept in a freezer for 40 minutes.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Warm Acupressure

For the warm acupressure application, the researchers prepared pouches that were 3 cm long, 2 cm wide, and 1 cm high (3x2x1cm), and filled with cherry seeds - to retain heat for a longer time, hence the preference. Next, they fixed rubber bands to the pouches so that they stayed in place on the participants' hands during acupressure, and retain consistent pressure throughout. Lastly, the warm acupressure pouches were heated in a microwave at 600 W for one minute.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Being a primipara
• Having intact membranes
• No skin diseases (such as urticaria...),
• No use of narcotic drugs
• Having a term pregnancy
• Having a single fetus at vertex position
• Planning to have vaginal delivery
• Having contractions and ongoing regular augmentation
• Having recent augmentation starting periods
• Being in the latent phase (0-3 cm dilatation)
• Having no history of high-risk pregnancy
• Not using analgesic drugs to reduce pain during delivery
• Having no systemic and neurologic diseases
• Having no contraction anomaly (hypotonic or hypertonic contractions)

Exclusion Criteria

• Having any of the above criteria

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 45 Years
• Eligible Sex: FEMALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Serap Ozturk Altinayak

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Serap Ozturk Altinayak

Assistant professor

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Health Research and Training Hospital of Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa University

Tokat Province, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

21.05.2020-15

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id