Endorphin at Labor Pain and Acupressure

This study was performed to determine the impact of different acupressure procedures, performed on women's hands during labor, on endorphin levels and labor pain perception.

The sample consisted of 140 pregnant women. The study was conducted with three experimental groups and one control group, each including 35 pregnant women. Conventional acupressure and warm and cold acupressure procedures were performed on the Large Intestinal 4 energy meridian zone acupressure point of the experimental group. No procedures were performed on the women in the control group. Data were collected using a "Personal Information Form", "Labor Intervention Follow-up Form", "Visual Analog Scale" and "Verbal Category Scale".

The comparison between the experimental and control groups indicated that the conventional acupressure procedure was effective in reducing labor pain and that the warm acupressure procedure increased endorphin levels.

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Key information

Conditions

Labor Pain Neurologic Manifestations Pain Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms

Age range

18 year–45 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Health Research and Training Hospital of Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa University

Tokat Province, Turkey (Türkiye)

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Being a primipara
Having intact membranes
No skin diseases (such as urticaria...),
No use of narcotic drugs
Having a term pregnancy
Having a single fetus at vertex position
Planning to have vaginal delivery
Having contractions and ongoing regular augmentation
Having recent augmentation starting periods
Being in the latent phase (0-3 cm dilatation)
Having no history of high-risk pregnancy
Not using analgesic drugs to reduce pain during delivery
Having no systemic and neurologic diseases
Having no contraction anomaly (hypotonic or hypertonic contractions)

Exclusion criteria

Having any of the above criteria.

Treatment and study plan

Warm Acupressure, Cold Acupressure , Conventional Acupressure

Other

Acupressure is non-invasive, safe and effective.

Primary outcomes

labor pain

Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1month

pain scale
endorphin levels

Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1month

physiological parameter

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Serap ÖZTÜRK ALTINAYAK

Other

Registry information

Official study title

The Impact of Different Acupressure Procedures Performed on the Hand During Labor on Endorphin Levels and Labor Pain Perception: A Randomised Controlled Trial

Important dates

Study start: 2019
Primary completion: 2019
Study completion: 2020
First posted: Apr 29, 2020
Registry last updated: Apr 29, 2020

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