EFFECTIVENESS OF ACUPRESSURE ON LEVEL OF PAIN AND DURATION OF LABOUR AMONG PRIMIGRAVIDA MOTHERS DURING FIRST STAGE OF LABOUR

ROJLIN TIGGA; Mrs. Rita Thapa

Volume : VI, Issue : VI, June - 2016

EFFECTIVENESS OF ACUPRESSURE ON LEVEL OF PAIN AND DURATION OF LABOUR AMONG PRIMIGRAVIDA MOTHERS DURING FIRST STAGE OF LABOUR

Rojlin Tigga, Mrs. Rita Thapa

Abstract :

 Background : labour pain has been reported to be the most severe pain that a woman experiences in her lifetime. For those women who prefer to avoid or minimize the use of medical analgesia, acupressure is a safe, effective, drug–free alternative. Objective: To assess the level of pain and duration of labour and to evaluate the effectiveness of acupressure in experimental and control group. Material and Method: An evaluatory research approach with quasi experimental– Non–equivalent control group posttest design was used. The sampling technique was Non–probability convenience sampling. The participants were primigravida mothers. A total of 60 participants were equally divided to either experimental & control (N=30) group. After SP6 acupressure intervention in experimental group; whereas pre–determined numbers of uterine contractions in control group; subjective pain was measured using VAS rating from 1–10, recorded for each woman three times and scores calculated. Results: There were significant differences in mean pain score between the experimental and control group “ t” test result of VAS–1 (5.52* ), VAS–2 (20.59* ) and VAS–3 (8.60*) which is more than the table value (1.96) and duration of first stage of labour ‘t’ (12.86*) also found to be statistically significant in favor of the acqupressure groups. Conclusion : It concluded that acupressure is an effective non–pharmacological method to ing comfort to the women in times of labour agony.