Effects of Continuous Labor Support Programme on Fear of Childbirth and Childbirth Outcomes among Primiparous Women
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Labor support is an important independent role of the midwives. This quasi- experimental research aimed to study the effects of continuous labor support on fear of childbirth and outcomes of labor among primiparous women. Participants were 48 primiparous pregnant women who attended at antenatal clinic and gave birth at 38-40 weeks of gestational age in the delivery room at Srisaket hospital. The sample was selected by inclusion criteria and simple a random sampling technique and equally divided into the experiment group and the control group. Each group consisted of 24 pregnant women. Data were collected using a personal and demographic questionnaire, pregnancy and labor records, and the fear of birth scale. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, Chi-square tests, and independent t-tests. The results found that the experimental group had significantly decreased average score of fear of childbirth during pregnancy period compared to that of the control group (t=2.447, p=.009). The participants in the experimental group also had a significantly lesser the proportion of oxytocin used than those in the control group ( X2=11.11, df=1, p=<.001) These findings suggest that the nurse-midwives in labor rooms should provide childbirth preparation and give continuous labor support for parturient, especially the first-time mothers, to decrease fear and oxytocin administration.
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บทความและรายงานวิจัยในวารสารพยาบาลกระทรวงสาธารณสุข เป็นความคิดเห็นของ ผู้เขียน มิใช่ของคณะผู้จัดทำ และมิใช่ความรับผิดชอบของสมาคมศิษย์เก่าพยาบาลกระทรวงสาธารณสุข ซึ่งสามารถนำไปอ้างอิงได้
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