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NCT Number: NCT05380258

The Effect of Chewing Gum and Use of Stress Balls on Perception of Labor Pain, Fear of Birth, and Duration of Delivery

This study was conducted as a randomized controlled experimental study. This study was planned to determine the effects of chewing gum and using a stress ball on the perception of labor pain, duration of labor and birth satisfaction. The population of the study consisted of primiparous mothers who applied to the hospital. This study was planned to determine the effects of chewing gum and using a stress ball on the perception of labor pain, duration of labor and birth satisfaction. The study was carried out in two stages. In the first stage, the data were collected in the delivery room, and in the second stage, the postpartum satisfaction levels of the mothers were measured in the postpartum service. The sample number of the investigators' study was determined as 96. Visual analog scale, birth satisfaction scale and birth follow-up form were used for the data of our study.

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Key information

Conditions

Labor Pain Behavior Birth Satisfaction Duration of Birth Neurologic Manifestations Pain Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Personal Satisfaction Signs and Symptoms

Age range

18 year–35 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Şahika Şimşek Çetinkaya

Merkez, Kastamonu, 37150, Turkey (Türkiye)

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Being primiparous to be in due time
  • To have spontaneous vaginal delivery
  • Ability to communicate verbally be between the ages of 18-35
  • Not having a risky pregnancy
  • Having a single fetus in the vertex position
  • Having started contractions and continuing regularly
  • Being in the latent phase of action (0-4 cm dilatation)
  • Not having used any analgesia or using any pain medication to reduce pain during labor

Exclusion criteria

  • Mothers who have a cesarean section decision
  • Risky Pregnant
  • Multiple Pregnancies
  • Multiparous pregnant women

Treatment and study plan

Stress ball

Other

Pregnant women with 4-5 cm cervical dilatation were asked to tighten the ball for 5 seconds and relax for 2 seconds within 20 minutes when their contractions came, and when the cervical opening was 6-8 cm, they were asked to tighten the ball for 5 seconds and relax for 2 seconds within 20 minutes.

Chewing Gum

Other

Pregnant women with 4-5 cm cervical dilatation were asked to squeeze the ball for 5 seconds and loosen it for 2 seconds as soon as their contractions came and within 20 minutes, and when the cervical opening was 6-8 cm, they chewed gum again for 20 minutes.

Primary outcomes

  1. labor pain

    Time frame: Visual Analog scale I for labor pain was applied in 0-3 cm , Visual Analog Scale II in 4-5 cm and Visual Analog Scale III was applied in 6-8 cm cervical dilatation. The study continues through study completion, an average of 1 year

  2. Duration of labor

    Time frame: A birth follow-up form was used from the beginning of cervical dilatation to delivery.

  3. birth satisfaction

    Time frame: satisfaction form used postpartum at the 4th hour

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Kastamonu University

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2021
Study completion
2022
First posted
May 18, 2022
Registry last updated
Mar 6, 2023

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