Study on Pain, Efficacy, and Comfort during First Stage of Laboring Women.
- Author:
Eun Hee LEE
1
;
Jeung Im KIM
;
Yun Mi KIM
;
Yeon Mi KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing, Wonju National College, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Labor;
Pain;
Efficacy;
Comfort
- MeSH:
Breast Feeding;
Female;
Humans;
Labor Pain;
Mothers;
Pregnancy;
Pregnant Women;
Surveys and Questionnaires;
Spouses;
United Nations;
Visual Analog Scale
- From:Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing
2005;11(2):129-134
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: This study was purposed to survey pain, efficacy, and comfort during the first stage of labor and to identify correlations among them. METHOD: The subjects were 116 laboring women who were admitted to a baby-friendly hospital recommended by UNICEF for breast feeding. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire composed of labor pain, labor efficacy, and labor comfort with 10 cm visual analog scale respectively. The data were analyzed by frequency, Pearson's correlation, and ANOVA. RESULT: Labor pain, labor efficacy, and labor comfort in latent phase were positive correlation with them in active phase. The more pain, the less labor efficacy and the less comfort in latent phase. and the more pain, the less comfort in active phase. Labor efficacy was positively correlated with labor comfort in both phase. Lastly, women supported by their husbands had significantly higher labor pain than women supported by their mothers. CONCLUSION: The results suggest that nurses develop a labor efficacy program for pregnant women and their mothers or spouses.
