NCT05407103

Acupressure and Comfort at Childbirth

The Impact of Applying Various Forms of Acupressure on Women's Hand During Labor on Their Childbirth Comfort: A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 129 (actual)
• Sponsor: Serap Ozturk Altinayak · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Aims: Non-pharmacological methods employed for management labor pain also help pregnant women to cope with labor pain and increase their childbirth comfort. The aim of this study is to determine the effect of cold and hot acupressure applications, applied to the acupressure point LI4 of primiparous women during labor, on their childbirth comfort. Methods: This study was designed a randomized controlled experimental study. The sample consisted of 129 healthy pregnant women including 44 pregnant women in the hot acupressure group, 44 pregnant women in the cold acupressure group, and 41 pregnant women in the control group. The "Personal Information Form", the "Labor Monitoring Form", the "Visual Analog Scale", and the "Childbirth Comfort Questionnaire" were all used to gather the data.

Conditions

• Pain, Labor

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Cold Acupressure	For the cold acupressure application, the researchers prepared pouches that were 3 cm long, 2 cm wide, and 1 cm high (3x2x1cm), and filled with cherry seeds - to retain heat for a longer time, hence the preference. Next, they fixed rubber bands to the pouches so that they stayed in place on the participants' hands during acupressure, and retain consistent pressure throughout. Lastly, the cold acupressure pouches were kept in a freezer for 40 minutes.
OTHER	Warm Acupressure	For the warm acupressure application, the researchers prepared pouches that were 3 cm long, 2 cm wide, and 1 cm high (3x2x1cm), and filled with cherry seeds - to retain heat for a longer time, hence the preference. Next, they fixed rubber bands to the pouches so that they stayed in place on the participants' hands during acupressure, and retain consistent pressure throughout. Lastly, the warm acupressure pouches were heated in a microwave at 600 W for one minute.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-08-24
• Primary completion: 2021-03-31
• Completion: 2022-02-21
• First posted: 2022-06-07
• Last updated: 2022-06-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)