Effectiveness of Warm Compress on Pain Among Primi Mothers with First Stage of Labour Admitted in Labour Room


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Preeti Bahuguna | Laxmi Kumar | Gomathi B

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2

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6

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A quantitative quasi experimental with time series design study was undertaken to assess the effectiveness of warm compress on pain among primi mothers with first stage of labour admitted in labour room of selected hospital, Dehradun, uttrakhand. The study was conducted on 60 primi mothers which were randomly divided into two groups 30 in each experimental group and control group and samples were selected through purposive sampling technique. The study was explained to participants and consent was taken. The data was collected by Wong baker facial pain scale to assess pain. Warm compress was administered for 15 minutes at half an hour interval till the mother was in the labour room for experimental group. After each intervention assessment of pain was done for both groups at four times. The result showed that there was no significant difference between both the groups at baseline pain score p =0.88 whereas there was significant difference between both the groups at after 45 minutes, after 90 minutes, after 135 minutes and after 180 minutes pain score was p=0.0001.The study concluded that warm compress were cheap and easy to use by everyone, even it can also be used in the home care setting by the mothers attendant and also it shows effective outcome of pain reduction. Based on the finding it is advisable to the staff nurses and the student to use this method in the practice areas to reduced the pain of the mother during childbirth. Preeti Bahuguna | Laxmi Kumar | Gomathi B "Effectiveness of Warm Compress on Pain Among Primi Mothers with First Stage of Labour Admitted in Labour Room" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-2 | Issue-6 , October 2018, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd18797.pdf Paper URL: http://www.ijtsrd.com/other-scientific-research-area/other/18797/effectiveness-of-warm-compress-on-pain-among-primi-mothers-with-first-stage-of-labour-admitted-in-labour-room/preeti-bahuguna

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Effectiveness, warm compress, pain, primi mothers, first stage of labour, labour room
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