A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FOOT REFLOXOLOGY IN REDUCTION OF LABOUR PAIN DURING 1st STAGE AMONG PRIMI MOTHERS ADMITTED IN SELECTE D HOSPITALS OF JABALPUR CITY

Vandana Singh

Volume : IX, Issue : VIII, August - 2019

A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FOOT REFLOXOLOGY IN REDUCTION OF LABOUR PAIN DURING 1st STAGE AMONG PRIMI MOTHERS ADMITTED IN SELECTE D HOSPITALS OF JABALPUR CITY

Vandana Singh

Abstract :

The act of giving birth is the only moment when both pain and pleasure converge in a moment of time.This study is intented to find out the effectiveness of foot reflexology in reduction of labour pain. An Quasi experimental post–test only control group design ,Two group control group and experimental group design was carried out in selected hospitals with similar setting in Jabalpur city. Purposive sampling technique was used for study. Two pain scale were used in study for assessing the pain intensity, First was Fordyce labour pain scale and the second one was Visual analogue pain scale. All subjects were divided into two groups: control group and experimental group, each group contain 20 sample (primi mothers). The experimental group given foot reflexology during active phase, whereas the control group were not given any intervention. Experimental group Pain is reduced then compared to the control group. The t–test, compared result showed positive correlation t= 3.1 at the 0.05 level of Significance. Hence the study concluded that foot reflexology is effective in reducing