نوع مقاله : اصیل پژوهشی
نویسندگان
1 واحد توسعه تحقیقات بالینی شهید اکبرآبادی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی ایران، تهران، ایران
2 هیات علمی دانشگاه علوم پزشکی ایران
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کلیدواژهها
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عنوان مقاله [English]
نویسندگان [English]
Introduction: Fear of labor leads to an excessive increase in cesarean section. Due to the many maternal and fetal complications of pharmacological analgesia, mothers tend to use non-pharmacological methods. One of the non-pharmacological methods is acupuncture. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of acupuncture on labor pain intensity.
Method: This randomized clinical trial was performed at a university-affiliated center (Shahid Akbarabadi Hospital) from 2020 to 2021. The eligible parturients were randomly allocated into two groups: "real" acupuncture and "pseudo" acupuncture. The women were evaluated during labor and compared for pain intensity before acupuncture, a quarter, half an hour, 45 minutes after acupuncture. Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) was used to assess pain in both groups. Student t-test was used for comparison of mean score of pain scores in different time points.
Results: Totally 32 parturients were participated. The results showed that the mean pain intensity of the case group was less than the control half an hour and 45 minutes after acupuncture, (P = 0.045) and (P <0.001) while before the intervention and in the first quarter there was no significant difference. [(P = 0.29)and (P = 0.68), respectively]. Acupuncture had no significant effect on neonatal Apgar score and oxytocin requirement (p> 0.05).
Conclusion: This study suggested that acupuncture is a safe and tolerable method that can reduce labor pain during physiological delivery.
کلیدواژهها [English]
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