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Labor and Delivery Pain Control

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Labor and Delivery Pain Control

Boryri, T., Noori, N, M., Teimouri, A. & Yaghobinia, F. (2016). The perception of the

primiparous mother of comfortable resources in labor pain (a qualitative study).

Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research, 21(3), 239-246.

In this article, Boryri, Noori, Teimouri and Yaghobinia (2016) talks about the

resources that primiparous mothers consider as comfortable ways of controlling labor as well

as delivery pain. In the process, the research first established that natural delivery is a painful

process for women. Such, therefore calls for pain relief approaches to help mothers have a

less painful labor and delivery process (Boryri, Noori, Teimouri & Yaghobinia, 2016). The

study, therefore, explored mother’s perception some of the resources they regard as

comfortable.

The study focused on women with singleton pregnancy as well as standard delivery.

The study also explored different resources from religious-based, medicinal to midwifery and

lack of delivery room and knowledge of controlled delivery (Boryri, Noori, Teimouri &

Yaghobinia, 2016). The process led to the establishment that human resources provided the

need comfort, thereby making midwife as well as human resource standardization essential

elements in ensuring safe and painless labor process.

The research focused on investigating the resources that primiparous mothers

considered comfortable in controlling labor pain. The researcher used a qualitative content

technique in conducting the research (Boryri, Noori, Teimouri & Yaghobinia, 2016). The

sampled population was mothers with a singleton pregnancy and would undergo standard

vaginal delivery. Imam Javad Health Center was the most preferred place for thyroid

screening. The results concluded that mothers considered human resources as the most

comfortable approach for labor pain over the environment as well as contemporary
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equipment (Boryri, Noori, Teimouri & Yaghobinia, 2016). Such therefore highlights the

importance of midwife care in labor as well as delivery pain control.

Finally, the article is relevant for addressing the study problem. The relationship is in

the sense that the article discusses comfortable resources as an effective way of controlling

labor pain. In the process, human resource appears a preferred method due to comfort. The

report, therefore, contributes background information that helps in determining human

resources as comfort for women looking to control labor pain and ease the delivery process.

Kongsuwan, D.W. & Chatchawet, W. (2019). Effect of nursing intervention integrating

an Islamic praying program on labor pain and pain behaviors in Primiparous Muslim

women. Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research, 24(3), 220-226.

In the article, Kongsuwan & Chatchawet (2019) talks about labor pain as well as

behavior management using Islamic praying program. The authors do so by first explaining

why labor pain remains an essential issue in the case of primiparous women. Such extends to

pain response in specific behaviors. The article involves using a control group as well as an

experimental group in investigating the issue with both pain and behavior experiences

measured using scales (Kongsuwan & Chatchawet, 2019). The researcher used ANOVA as

well as t-test in data analysis.

The results provided significant differences in how women experience labor pain as

well as behavior when reciting the Quran as they stroke as well as a position during

contractions (Kongsuwan & Chatchawet, 2019). Such an experience demonstrates that the

NIIIP program can be a useful measure in controlling labor and delivery pain. The findings,

therefore, prove the relevancy of the study in understanding pain control for labor as well as

the delivery process.

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The study purposed in evaluating the impact nursing interventions that integrate

Islamic praying programs has on controlling labor pain and behavior associated with the

process. The researcher used 42 women as the control group receiving usual care

(Kongsuwan & Chatchawet, 2019). Forty-one of the experimental group participants received

such care with a NIIIP program during the 32nd week (Kongsuwan & Chatchawet, 2019). The

process involved childbirth education and Quran reciting for 30 minutes while stroking and

positioning in the contraction process. Pain measurement involved the use of VAS while for

behavior was PBOS (Kongsuwan & Chatchawet, 2019). The result concluded that the

program was effective in reducing labor pain.

More so, the article is relevant in the sense that it addresses the issue of labor pain

among primiparous women. In such regard, the report relates to the problem by examining

pain control by focusing on nursing interventions involving Islamic praying program. In such

sense, readers get first to understand labor pain and then control measures.

Munevver, G.I. & Fusun, T. (2019). Effects of massage and acupressure on relieving

labor pain, reducing labor time and increasing delivery satisfaction. Journal of Nursing

Research. doi: 10.1097/jnr.0000000000000344

The article first recognizes that there are studies in existence about massage as well as

acupressure role in labor pain plus time reduction and satisfaction. According to Munevver

and Fusun (2019), there are limited studies about comparative effects when the two therapies

work together. In such regard, research focused on establishing the massage as well as

acupressure can be practical approaches in handling labor pain, labor time reduction in

addition to enhanced delivery satisfaction.

The relevancy of this article lies in the randomized trials which focus on proving the

most appropriate pain control during labor, thereby leading to satisfaction during delivery.
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The results in such sense demonstrate that the three intervention cases proved to be all

effective in pain control as well as ensuring an improvement in satisfaction (Munevver &

Fusun, 2019). The data will, therefore, be critical in the overall research, especially when it

comes to examining the most appropriate pain control strategies for women in labor.

Moreover, the research aimed at comparing the impact of massage with that of

acupressure in managing labor-related pain, the duration as well as delivery satisfaction

(Munevver & Fusun, 2019). Accomplishing this involved using a randomized controlled trial.

Data collection included the use of personal information form; VAS forms in addition to a

pregnant watch form. The data were analyzed using chi-square, t-test, as well as one-way

variance analysis (Munevver & Fusun, 2019). The findings from the study led to the

conclusion that using massage with acupressure produce effective results compared to

therapy alone. Massage proved to be the most effective when used solely.

Finally, the article is relevant in this study, given the background information it

provides on pain control during labor. The article goes into details, primary on the use of

massage as well as acupressure in pain relief during labor, thereby enhancing the satisfaction

of delivery (Munevver & Fusun, 2019). In such sense, the article compares the impact of the

two pain control approaches and determines that massage is more effective compared to

acupressure.

Ya-Ling, T. Ya-Ling, Y., Pi-Chao, K., Ya-Chuan, L. & Shu-Ling, C. (2017). Pain,

anxiety and fatigue during labor. Journal of Nursing Research, 25(1), 59-67.

Ya-Ling et al. (2017) argue that pain, anxiety, as well as fatigue, have a way of

impacting the labor process. Research, however, is yet to establish how the three aspects

relate. The case, therefore, led to this study with emphasis on investigating and determining
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the relationship based on the delivery mode. The researcher, in such regard, sampled a

population with healthy pregnancies and enrolled them for an empirical study.

The result revealed that there was a correlation between pain, fatigue, as well as

anxiety irrespective of the delivery mode in different phases of the process. The EDA-based

participants however experienced decreased fatigue levels compared to anxiety and pain (Ya-

Ling et al., 2017). More so, the women given EDA experienced more significant pain and

were fatigued during the first phase compared to the first case (Ya-Ling et al., 2017). The

study, therefore, confirmed the relationship with the case of EDA considered a significant

factor in decreasing anxiety as well as fatigue. Such thus established the relevancy of the

article in understanding labor pain.

The study purposed on investigating the interrelationships shared by pain, anxiety as

well as fatigue in labor and delivery. The researcher used a repeated measures design in the

study with 186 women without complicated pregnancies as the target (Ya-Ling et al., 2017).

Pains, anxiety as well as fatigue assessment involved the use of self-reported visual analog

scales in a four-phased labor process based on cervical dilation. The result concluded that

there was an interrelation of pain, anxiety in addition to fatigue (Ya-Ling et al., 2017).

Fatigue was the most consistent during labor and hard to subside.

The article is relevance in this study, given that it gives insightful information on the

pain experience, anxiety as well as fatigue that women experience during labor. Such

information assists in developing a background understanding of labor pain before embarking

on establishing the appropriate pain control measures.

Yu-Ching, L., Meei-Ling, G., Ghi-Hwei, K. & Hung-Chang, L. (2018). Efficacy of an

ergonomic ankle support aid for squatting position in improving pushing skills and
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birth outcomes during the second stage of labor: A randomized controlled trial. Journal

of Nursing Research, 26(6), 376-384.

According to Yu-Ching, Meei-Ling, Ghi-Hwei and Hung-Chang (2018), the article

established that specific positions women adopt during childbirth tends to affect the outcomes

as well as experience of delivery. Cases associated with the squatting position; however,

usually reduce the pain, discomfort while enhancing pushing efficiency. The authors,

however, confirm that such a strategy comes with low stamina and muscular fitness as a

disadvantage in sustaining the position.

The study, therefore, investigates the three experiences, one squatting position lacking

support, the next using a standard semi-recumbent position and the last used an ankle aid. All

results revealed that the ankle aid provided the needed support for reducing labor pain,

pushing experience as well as time thereby confirming the significance of the strategy in pain

control (Yu-Ching, Meei-Ling, Ghi-Hwei and Hung-Chang, 2018). The study, therefore,

stressed that women in the subsequent stage of their labor process could safety use the

intervention.

The purpose of the research was to make comparison of the pushing experience with

birth outcomes through three distinct pushing positions when it comes to the second labor

stage. The research was a randomized controlled trial with the areas of study as Northern

Taiwan’s regional teaching hospital. The sample population was 168 women in between 38th

and 42nd week (Yu-Ching, Meei-Ling, Ghi-Hwei and Hung-Chang, 2018). The participants

had no complications, thereby enabling a successful delivery in a squatting position while

supported using ankle support. The outcome was that the aided squat using ankle helps

reduced the period for pushing, labor pain as well as enhance the experience.
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The relevance of the article is in the sense that it addresses one of the practical

approaches in improving delivery and birth outcomes. In such regard, the report argues that

ergonomic ankle support is adequate too for the case, especially for mothers in squatting

position as it also enhances pushing skills.

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References

Boryri, T., Noori, N, M., Teimouri, A. & Yaghobinia, F. (2016). The perception of the

primiparous mother of comfortable resources in labor pain (a qualitative study).

Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research, 21(3), 239-246.

Kongsuwan, D.W. & Chatchawet, W. (2019). Effect of nursing intervention integrating an

Islamic praying program on labor pain and pain behaviors in Primiparous Muslim

women. Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research, 24(3), 220-226.

Munevver, G.I. & Fusun, T. (2019). Effects of massage and acupressure on relieving labor

pain, reducing labor time and increasing delivery satisfaction. Journal of Nursing

Research. doi: 10.1097/jnr.0000000000000344

Ya-Ling, T. Ya-Ling, Y., Pi-Chao, K., Ya-Chuan, L. & Shu-Ling, C. (2017). Pain, anxiety

and fatigue during labor. Journal of Nursing Research, 25(1), 59-67.

Yu-Ching, L., Meei-Ling, G., Ghi-Hwei, K. & Hung-Chang, L. (2018). Efficacy of an

ergonomic ankle support aid for squatting position in improving pushing skills and

birth outcomes during the second stage of labor: A randomized controlled trial.

Journal of Nursing Research, 26(6), 376-384.