Effect of Family-Participated Delivery in a Labor Delivery Room on the Childbirth of Primiparas.
- Author:
Myung Jae JANG
1
;
Kyung Sook PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing, The Graduate School of Chung-Ang University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Family-participated delivery;
Labor Delivery Room (LDR);
Labor pains;
Delivery experience
- MeSH:
Academic Medical Centers;
Delivery Rooms*;
Female;
Gynecology;
Humans;
Labor Pain;
Nursing;
Obstetrics;
Outpatients;
Parturition*;
Pregnancy;
Prenatal Care;
Seoul
- From:Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing
2002;8(3):371-379
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
The purpose of the present study is to consider its effect on the childbirth of a woman. This is a quasi-experimental study with nonequivalent control group post-test design. The subjects of this study are 60 primiparas (30 in the control, and another 30 in the experimental group) who have had a regular prenatal care from February 5 to March 20, 2002, in an outpatient obstetrics and gynecology of S university medical center located in Seoul. The result is as follows: 1. The hours of labor pains in the entire delivery period: the average hours are 7 hr. 9 min. in the experimental group, and 10 hr. 39 min. in the control group. The hours of labor pains are shorter in the woman with a family delivery experience in LDR. The difference is statistically significant (t=-3.34, p=.001). 2. The degree of pains in the entire delivery period: the average degree is 7.38 in the experimental group, and 7.68 in the control group. The degree of labor pains are lower in the woman with a family delivery experience in LDR. But, the difference is statistically insignificant (t=-0.86, p=.396). 3. The perceptions of the delivery experience: the average score of the perception is 73.63 in the experimental group, and 63.57 in the control group. The women with a family delivery experience in LDR have more positive perception of the delivery procedure, and, the difference is statistically significant (t=4.65, p=.000). In summary of the above result, a family- participated delivery in LDR is proved to be an effective nursing intervention that shortens the hours spent in the delivery procedure and promotes positive perceptions of the delivery experience.
