NCT02697994

Sterile Water Injections For Pain Relief İn Labor

Intradermal Sterile Water Injections for Labour Pain: A Randomised Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 168 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Beykent · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 35 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

ABSTRACT Introduction: In addition to pain caused by uterine contractions in labour, in 33% of women, continuous and severe back pain is observed. In management of this pain, sterile water injection is considered to be an effective method. Aim of this study is assessment of effectiveness and satisfaction of this method among Turkish women in which analgesic methods are not extensively used in labour and rates of cesarean section exponentially increases. Material and Methods: 168 termed, healthy women who admitted to Istanbul Gaziosmanpaşa-Taksim Training and Research Hospital with labour pain and had severe back pain were randomized into 4x0.1 ml sterile water and 4xdry Injection groups. Injections were applied to Michaelis Rhomboid region in sacral region. Pain scores were assessed at 10th, 30th, 60th, 120th and 180th minutes with Visual Analog Scale (VAS). Additionally, need for epidural analgesia, APGAR score, mode of delivery, time of delivery, maternal satisfaction and breastfeeding scores were assessed.

Conditions

• Labour Pain
• Back Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Sterile Water	0.1 ml intracutaneous sterile water injections into the skin surrounding the Michaelis rhomboid over the sacral area.
OTHER	Dry Injections	dry injections into the skin surrounding the Michaelis rhomboid over the sacral area.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-06-01
• Primary completion: 2014-03-01
• Completion: 2014-03-01
• First posted: 2016-03-03
• Last updated: 2016-03-03