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Authors
Affiliations
1 College of Nursing, SRIPMS, Coimbatore, IN
2 CMC, Vellore, IN
3 Dept. of Obs. and Gynac., College of Nursing, CMC, Vellore, IN
Source
International Journal of Advances in Nursing Management, Vol 2, No 2 (2014), Pagination: 75-78
Abstract
A true experimental study was done to determine the effectiveness of acupressure on pain during the active phase of labour among parturient women. Using simple ransom sampling method a total of 30 patients in experimental and 30 in control group were selected. The instruments used were a Numeric rating scale, Observation check list and a pain questionnaire to assess the pain score and pain perception in parturient women. Data was collected and analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The study shows that there is a significant reduction in the pain scores among the experimental group after acupressure.
Keywords
Effectiveness, Acupressure, Active Phase of Labour.
