USE OF NON-PHARMACOLOGICAL PAIN RELIEF METHODS IN LABOR

Autor: Bruna Euzebio Klein, Helga Geremias Gouveia
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Cogitare Enfermagem, Vol 27 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1414-8536
2176-9133
DOI: 10.5380/ce.v27i0.87101
Popis: Objective: to analyze the practice of using non-pharmacological pain relief methods during labor. Method: a quantitative and descriptive cross-sectional study developed from December 2019 to September 2020 in a Maternal and Child Nursing Service from southern Brazil. A total of 560 medical charts were analyzed and data collection took place in the institutional database. The Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was used for normality of the variables and, for associations, the t test for independent samples, chi-square or Fischer’s exact test. Results: It was found that 164 (29.3%) of the parturients resorted to at least one type of method, the most used being hydrotherapy with 137 (24.5%), change of position with 124 (22.1%) and breathing exercises with 121 (21.6%). There was a significant association (p
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