Effect of Ice Compression on Hand and Sacrum Region in Parturient Women for Reducing Labor Pain | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 19, Volume 13, Issue 3, September 2022, Pages 257-268 PDF (282.41 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2022.251532 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Fawkia Mohamed Abdelglil1; Mona Ahmed El-Sheikh2; Amira Morsy Yousif3 | ||
| 1Clinical instructor of Maternity & Newborn Health Nursing, Clinical Embaba Institute | ||
| 2Professor of Maternity and Gynecological Nursing, Faculty of Nursing - Ain Shams University | ||
| 3Assistant professor of Maternity and Gynecological Nursing, Faculty of Nursing - Ain Shams University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of ice compression on hand and sacrum region in parturient women to reduce labor pain. Subjects and methods: research design: Quasi Experimental design was used to conduct this study. Settings: The study was conducted on labor and delivery unit at the ElGlaa Maternity Hospital. Sampling technique: purposive sampling technique was used in collecting the data, total sample of One hundred and fifty (150) parturient women according equation of a 25% of the annual flow rate of primipara of normal vaginal delivery admitted in the hospital in 2017. Tools of data collection was collected through three tools: The first tool was a self-structured interviewing questionnaire that was designed by the researcher 20 multiple choice questions (MCQ). It represents general characteristics of studied groups, assessment of current Obstetrical history. The second tool Labor Progress Record (Partograph, WHO, 2018), it was used to assess labor progress Which includes, Fetal condition, Labor progress and Maternal condition. The third tool Modified version of visual analogue scale (VAS) is adopted from Bird, Callisaya, Cannell, et al. (2016) to assess severity of pain and consisted of a blank line (10 cm) anchored at each end of the line by adjectives that describe the extremes of pain corresponding to cervical dilatation. Results: The study revealed that there is slight reduce pain among the studied group more than the control group especially in hand group decrease in pain intensity. Conclusion: Ice cold compression reduce labor pain, but hand group had more persistent slight effects on pain intensity, in spite of slight increasing of contraction frequency in the study group than control group. Recommendation’s: Providing continuing educational programs for nurses about the benefits of ice cold compression and continuous education about how to use it probably. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Ice cold compression; parturient women | ||
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