NCT05335681

The Effects of Warm Showers Application in Birth on Birth Pain, Birth Satisfaction and Birth Results

Midwife Öznur Hayat Öktem

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 78 (actual)
• Sponsor: Gulhane School of Medicine · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 35 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The use of non-pharmacological methods in labor pain is very important in order to improve the birth process, increase comfort and provide relaxation. The role of midwives, acting as patient advocate is to maintain comfort throughout the birth process. In order to do this, she should know very well the non-pharmacological methods to be applied to the pregnant woman and choose the most appropriate one. Applying a warm shower, which is one of the non-pharmacological methods; the uterus Increases perfusion, makes labor painless felt, increases the release of oxytocin, and decreases the release of stress hormones. In addition, while reducing the intervention rates, it improves birth and newborn outcomes and affects positively. Purpose of the research; labor pain of warm shower application, labor to evaluate the effect on satisfaction and birth outcomes.

Conditions

• Labor
• Pregnancy
• First Stage of Labor

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Warm Showers Application	In the experimental group, a 20-minute warm showers (37 °C) will be administered when cervical dilation reaches at least 4 cm and again at 7 cm. The control group will receive standard care only. The warm showers will be applied to the sacral area, lower abdomen, and groin regions. Throughout the intervention, the researcher will accompany the pregnant women to ensure safety and proper implementation of the procedure. Pain will be assessed using the VAS scale before the intervention and at 10 and 20 minutes after the intervention. The Birth Satisfaction Scale will be administered prior to discharge

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-01-01
• Primary completion: 2023-01-15
• Completion: 2023-01-15
• First posted: 2022-04-19
• Last updated: 2026-01-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)