Effect of heat therapy on low back among women in labor pain during first stage of labor
Journal Title: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CURRENT RESEARCH - Year 2014, Vol 6, Issue 7
Abstract
Pregnancy is a special event not only in the life of women but also to the family. But, as the pregnancy reaches the due date, the fear of labor pain and sometimes past bad experiences of labor pain makes the women to refuse the delivery in a natural way. Nurses are the direct health care providers who are responsible for overall management of labor. Considering this, a quasi experimental was undertaken to assess the effectiveness of heat therapy on low back among women in labor pain during the first stage of labor to be conducted in the Labor room of DMC & Hospital and ESIC Model Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab. The sample consisted of 60 subjects in labor pain during the first stage of labor (30 in each experimental and control group). Experimental group received heat therapy with silica gel pack, while control group got the routine care. The pain severity was assessed by numeric rating scale. The findings revealed that heat therapy affects the severity of pain in the first stage in experimental group (p=0.00)
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Sandeep Rawat, Mrs. Nidhi Sagar, Dr. (Mrs. ) Jasbir Kaur and Mrs Mamta
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