Sowmy, S Ann (2014) Effect of GB-21 acupressure on perception of labour pain among parturient mothers at Sri Ramakrishna Hospital, Coimbatore. Masters thesis, College of Nursing, Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Paramedical Sciences, Coimbatore.
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Abstract
An interventional study was conducted to assess the effect of GB-21 acupressure on perception of labour pain among parturient mothers at Sri Ramakrishna Hospital, Coimbatore. Labour pain is a challenging issue for nurses designing intervention protocol. Acupressure have been widely employed during labour, however relatively little study has been undertaken examining the effects of acupressure on parturient mothers. Quasi experimental pre test and post test with control group design was adopted to meet the objectives of the study. Informed consent was obtained from the selected parturient mothers after brief explanation of the study and intervention. Purposive sample of 24 parturient mothers were included for the study. Selected samples were equally assigned to experimental and control group. Acupressure was administered for experimental group during active phase of first stage of labour at 4cm and 6cm of cervical dilatation over 20 minutes. The control group received routine nursing care. The perception of labour pain was assessed using Numerical Rating Scale and Behavioural Rating Scale. Both descriptive and inferential statistical methods were used to test the hypotheses. The findings of the study reveals that application of GB-21 acupressure is effective in reducing perception of labour pain among parturient mothers.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Additional Information: | REG. NO. 301220056 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | GB-21 acupressure ; perception ; labour pain ; parturient mothers ; Sri Ramakrishna Hospital ; Coimbatore. |
| Subjects: | NURSING > Obstetrics and Gynaecology Nursing |
| Depositing User: | Subramani R |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Sep 2018 08:53 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Sep 2018 08:53 |
| URI: | http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/6278 |
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