Attachment styles, pain, and the consumption of analgesics during labor: a prospective observational study

Autor: Rui Coelho, Jorge Tavares, Henriqueta Martins, José Manuel Costa-Martins, Marco Pereira, Mariana Moura-Ramos
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: The journal of pain. 15(3)
ISSN: 1528-8447
Popis: UNLABELLED Individuals with less secure attachment styles have been shown to experience more pain than people with more secure attachment styles; however, attachment styles have not yet been examined in the context of labor pain and analgesic consumption. The purpose of this prospective observational study was to assess the influence of the mother's attachment style on the perception of labor pain, as assessed by a visual analog scale and analgesic consumption. Eighty-one pregnant women with a mean age of 32 years (standard deviation = 5.1) were assessed during the third trimester of pregnancy and during labor. The physical predictors of labor pain were recorded, and the adult attachment style was assessed with the Adult Attachment Scale-Revised. For labor analgesia, a low dose of patient-controlled epidural analgesia protocol (ropivacaine .6 mg/mL plus sufentanil .5 μg/mL) was used. Women with a secure attachment style reported significantly less labor pain (P
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