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Endorphin at Labor Pain and Acupressure

NCT04367038 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 140

Last updated 2020-04-29

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Summary

This study was performed to determine the impact of different acupressure procedures, performed on women's hands during labor, on endorphin levels and labor pain perception.

The sample consisted of 140 pregnant women. The study was conducted with three experimental groups and one control group, each including 35 pregnant women. Conventional acupressure and warm and cold acupressure procedures were performed on the Large Intestinal 4 energy meridian zone acupressure point of the experimental group. No procedures were performed on the women in the control group. Data were collected using a "Personal Information Form", "Labor Intervention Follow-up Form", "Visual Analog Scale" and "Verbal Category Scale".

The comparison between the experimental and control groups indicated that the conventional acupressure procedure was effective in reducing labor pain and that the warm acupressure procedure increased endorphin levels.

Conditions

  • Labor Pain

Interventions

OTHER

Warm Acupressure, Cold Acupressure , Conventional Acupressure

Acupressure is non-invasive, safe and effective.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Serap ÖZTÜRK ALTINAYAK

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Hava Özkan, PhD · Atatürk University Faculty of Health Science, Department of Midwifery,

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
45 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-04-25
Primary Completion
2019-10-31
Completion
2020-01-08

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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