Effectiveness of Early Suckling on Third Stage Labour among Parturient Women at Government Ranees Hospital, Pudukkottai

Autor: null Sumithra S, null Radha C, null Mangai S
Rok vydání: 2019
Zdroj: Nursing Journal of India. :14-18
Popis: The present study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of early suckling on third stage of labour among parturient women at Government Ranees Hospital, Pudukkottai, for that the posttest only control design was used. 120 parturient women in third stage of labour was selected by using probability simple random sampling. Data was collected with the tools including structured observation record for observing duration and amount of blood loss; standardised Latch score and maternal satisfaction rating scale. Tools like descriptive statistics and inferential statistics such as unpaired “t” test and chi-square test, hypothesis were also used. Latch score was assessed using standardised rating scale and maternal satisfaction score was also assessed using rating scale. The study revealed that early suckling was effective in reducing the duration of third stage of labour and blood loss and there was a significant association between duration of third stage of labour and blood loss among parturient women in experimental group with their selected demographic variables the Latch score and maternal satisfaction score was also found to be 100 percent among experimental group. It is concluded that early suckling was the most safe and most effective intervention during third stage of labour and it can naturally release the oxytocin to stimulate the uterine contraction and it helps to reduce duration of third stage of labour and amount of blood loss and increase the maternal infant bonding
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