Women's Evaluation of Intrapartum Nonpharmacological Pain Relief Methods Used during Labor

Abstract

Abstract

The influence of cold pack on labour pain relief and birth outcomes: a randomised controlled trial

“…In a study performed by Brown et al ., none of the patients assessed topical cold/heat application ineffective (Brown et al . ). Nonpharmacological methods including cold therapy increased maternal satisfaction by inducing control and empowerment feelings (Mackey , Waldenstrom et al .…”

“…In a study performed on 46 women, 41 (91·1%) were trained to use cold/heat, but only 13 (28%) had applied the method (Brown et al . ).…”

The Efficacy of Music Therapy

“…Although 96% of the mothers had been taught prenatally about listening to music, only six (13%) used it during labor, whereas a minimum of 23 (50%) used one or more of the other four techniques. 29 Perianesthesia nurses are rarely present for normal labor and delivery, but they are often there during cesarean births when regional anesthesia is used and patient anxiety is high. The effects of listening to music were studied in 64 married women between the ages of 20 and 40 whose singleton pregnancies were at term and who were to have spinal or epidural anesthesia for a cesarean section.…”

Trained clinical nurse specialists proficiently obtain bone marrow aspirates and trephine biopsies in a nearly painless procedure—a prospective evaluation study

“…In highly anxious patients, we played music to distract them [24][25][26]. Second, during the actual aspiration (known to be especially painful), patients were instructed to exhale on exertion due to the known pain-reducing effect of this breathing technique during childbirth [27]. Third, during the trephine biopsy, patients were encouraged to express their discomfort immediately.…”