Effect of Using a Birth Ball on Birth Satisfaction and Pain in Pregnant Women During Labor

The form consisting of 13 questions was prepared by the researcher in order to describe the sociodemographic characteristics and current health status of women.

It was created by the researcher in order to obtain information about the progress of birth and the characteristics of the fetus during the birth process of the pregnant. In the form, there are questions including the hour and subsequent follow-up hours when the vaginal opening is 4 cm, dilatation, fetal heartbeat, whether there is oxytocin administration, the duration and frequency of contractions, and the characteristics of the amniotic fluid.

It is a measurement usually used to evaluate pain from 0 (no pain) to 10 (unbearable pain). A 10 cm vertical form was used in the study. Pain level was evaluated with VAS during each follow-up of the pregnant woman.

The short form of the scale was revised by Martin et al. in 2016 to evaluate the birth satisfaction levels of women (Martin et al., 2016). The Turkish validity and reliability study was conducted by Serhatlıoğlu et al. in 2018 (Göncü Serhatlıoğlu et al., 2018). The scale consists of 10 items and a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 40 points can be obtained. The items of the scale are in a 5-point Likert type and are scored as Strongly agree (4 points)-Strongly Disagree (0 points).