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Effectiveness of Breathing Exercises During the Second Stage of Labor

NCT04556643 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 264

Last updated 2020-09-21

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Summary

To determine effectiveness of breathing exercises for pregnant women during the second stage of labor on maternal pain, duration of labor, dyspnea, oxygen saturation (SPO2) and the first-minute Appearance, Pulse, Grimace, Activity and Respiration (APGAR) scores

Conditions

  • Labor Pain

Interventions

OTHER

Breathing exercises

The main components of breathing exercises during training will be as follows (A) First, fill your stomach and then your lungs with air while breathing in; (B) Feel the expansion in the stomach; (C) Make sure the muscles from your stomach to your knee are relaxed, as if you are urinating while breathing out; (D) When there is pain, perform deep abdominal breathing exercises, and take a deep breath in and hold as much as you can; (E) Try to push the baby downward; (F) You can do it by holding your breath or breathing out quite slowly from your mouth; (G) The most important point in this stage is that you should not fill up the stomach with air, and you should push downward to deliver the baby; (H) You should continue the pushing until the pain is relieved

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Riphah International University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Anam Aftab, Phd* · Riphah college of rehabilitation and allied health sciences - Rawalpindi

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
40 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-01-15
Primary Completion
2020-08-15
Completion
2020-09-01

Countries

  • Pakistan

Study Locations

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