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KMID : 0377619940590020161
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Korean Jungang Medical Journal
1994 Volume.59 No. 2 p.161 ~ p.169
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A Study of the Influence of Pre-Labor Education on the Labor Pain
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Abstract
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This study aims at judging whether the labor pain can be mitigated at the time of uterine contraction in case the nurse, who is the most important supporter of the labor and delivery room, has explained the mother about the labor and delivery process- and educated them and let them practice the process such as concentration, breathing, relaxation, and pushing.
The cases for one hundred mothers who delivered their babies in the delivery room of Y Medical Center in Taegu between June 1 through July 31, 1993, were surveyed: the first fifty who received pre-labor education was classified as experimental group, and the other -fifty without it, as control group. Interviews and examination were used to gather the data. The collected data were analyzed by the statistical techniques such as frequency, mean, standard deviation, t-test, and X2-test, using the SPSS. The result can be summarized as following:
1. Those who received pre-labor education had lower level of pain than those who did not, and there was a significant statistical difference (p <.001).
2. Regarding the difference of behavioural reaction for pain, those with pre-labor education had lower points than those without it, for both the 1st stage (3cm, 7cm, and 10 cm of cervical dilatation) and the 2nd stage. There was also a significant statistical difference (p < .01). The experimental group had lower points regarding the motion of facial muscles and physical body and change of voice with significant statistical difference (p < .01) for the 1st stage of labor but there was no difference for the 2nd stage (p > .05). Regarding the sweating, statistically significant difference was found (p < .01) for the period of 3cm and 7cm of cervical dilatation, but no difference (p > .01, p >.05) between the two groups for the 10cm of cervical dilatation and the 2nd stage of labor.
3. Those with pre-labor education practiced the delivery breathing better, and were more co-operative for delivery process than those without it.
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