Effect of Imagery Relaxation Training on Stress Among Pregnant Women with Preterm Labor
Keywords:
imagery relaxation training, stress, pregnant women with preterm labor, routine careAbstract
Stress occurring in pregnant women with preterm labor affects pregnant women’s physical and psychological health and also affects fetal health. The purpose of this quasi-experimental research study was to examine the effect of imagery relaxation training on stress among pregnant women with preterm labor. The participants were 44 pregnant women with preterm labor receiving tocolytic agents who were admitted to Lumphun Hospital from May to August 2017. The subjects were selected according to the inclusion criteria and assigned into the control and experimental groups with twenty-two in each group which was matched according to age. The experimental group received imagery relaxation training with routine care and the control group received only routine care. The research intervention instruments consisted of imagery relaxation training plan and guided imagery CD developed by Nahathai Wongpakaran (Wongpakaran, 2010) and the research evaluation instrument included personal data form and the stress visual analog scale. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and a one-way repeated measures ANOVA.
The research revealed that pregnant women in the experimental group had significantly lower stress scores than that of the control group (p<.001).
The results of this study can be used as a guideline for the nurse-midwives to improve the quality of nursing care in effectively reducing stress in pregnant women with preterm labor.
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