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Effect of Therapeutic Touch on Labor Pain and Hormone Levels

NCT05179915 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2024-08-23

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Summary

This study was conducted to determine the effect of sacral region-focused therapeutic touch applied during the latent phase of labour on hormone levels, labour comfort, and perception.

A randomized sham controlled trial design was used in the study, which was conducted with 50 primiparous pregnant women. While Therapeutic Touch (25) focused on sacral region was applied in the intervention group, Sham Therapeutic Touch (25) was applied in the control group. Data were collected using a Personal Information Form, the Visual Analogue Scale, a Hormone Values Follow-up Form, the Childbirth Comfort Questionnaire and the Perception of Birth Scale.

Keywords: Labor Pain,Therapeutic Touch, Childbirth, Hormones

Conditions

  • Therapeutic Touch
  • Childbirth

Interventions

OTHER

Therapeutic Touch focused on sacral region

In the latent phase of labor, the field energy of the sacral region will be cleared for an average of 15 minutes.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cukurova University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ebru Gözüyeşil, PhD. Associate Professor, · Cukurova University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-03-08
Primary Completion
2023-04-01
Completion
2023-04-01

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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