EFFECTIVENESS oF HYDROTHERAPY ON PAINPERCEPTION DURING FIRST STAGE OF LABOUR IN PRIMI PARTURIENT MOTHERS AT SELECTED HOSPITAL, CHENNAI.

DR. C. SUSILA; Mrs. S.SUGANTHI; Dr.B. Tamilarasi

Volume : V, Issue : VI, June - 2016

EFFECTIVENESS oF HYDROTHERAPY ON PAINPERCEPTION DURING FIRST STAGE OF LABOUR IN PRIMI PARTURIENT MOTHERS AT SELECTED HOSPITAL, CHENNAI.

Dr. C. Susila, Mrs. S. Suganthi, Dr. B. Tamilarasi

Abstract :

 The old wives tale that hot water can relieve pain deep in the body –and now scientists have discovered hydrotherapy can physically shut down the normal pain response involved in abdominal pain lower pain. “The heat doesn’t just provide comfort and have a placebo effort –it actually deactivates the pain at a molecular level in much the same way as pharmaceutical pain killer1. The present study aimed to assess the effectiveness of hydrotherapy on pain perception during first stage of labor. 30 primi parturient mothers who fulfilled the inclusive criteria were included in the study numerical pain scale was used to assess the pain before and after the intervention. Hourly 15 minutes from 4cm to 8cm cervical dilatation the warm shower at 370C was showered. The overall mean level of pain perception in pretest was 6.9 with SD 2.179 ,in the post test overall mean of level of pain was 3.36 with SD 1.646 ,the paired “t” test value of level pain (10.33)is highly significant at p<0.05 level.