Effect of massage spine (slow stroke back massage) against the first stage of labor pain
Journal Title: International Journal of Allied Medical Sciences and Clinical Research - Year 2019, Vol 7, Issue 2
Abstract
Background Painful labor is recognized as an unpleasant emotional experience of the most painful and most severely felt as pain, acute experienced by women in the life cycle. Complex phenomena in terms of psychological, emotional, spiritual and physical. Arises because of the stimulus is delivered nerves in the cervix and lower uterine segment is derived from strong uterine contractions. Non-medical methods that can be used to reduce pain is back massage (Slow Stroke Back Massage) Aim Analyze the effect of back massage on labor pain Kala I. Method Quasi Experiment, stratified random sampling, pre-post control group design. The research subject maternal first stage, primiparous and without induction. 32 respondents were divided into two groups, intervention 16, controls 16. The hypothesis test Wilcoxon Rank and Mann Whitney U Test. Research result There are differences in the level of pain before and after the massage the back, VAS p value of 0.001, but no significant difference between the control and intervention group (p value 0.051) Conclusion Back massage is effective in reducing labor pain first stage. Suggestion Maternal, health workers can use a back massage method to reduce the first stage of labor pain
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Eka Fifin Sriwahyuni
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