Gynecology & Obstetrics
Open Access
ISSN: 2161-0932
ISSN: 2161-0932
Nursing Research, Institut Català d´Oncologia Badalona, Canyet Road 08916, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain
Research Article
Heat Application on Lumbar and Suprapubic Pain During the Onset of Labour Using a New Abdominal Two-Pocket Belt: A Randomised and Controlled Trial
Author(s): Laura Tarrats*, Isabel Paez, Isabel Navarri, Sandra Cabrera, Manel Puig and Sergio Alonso
Background: Midwives from the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Unit at University Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, have developed a device for the application of thermal therapy on lumbar and suprapubical areas when labour pain appears.
Objective: To assess the beneficial effects of heat application on lumbo-suprapubical pain during initial stages of labour.
Study design: Randomized, parallel, open, non-blind clinical trial.
Methods: Participants were pregnant women in the prodromal, early and active labour (up to 4-5 cm of dilation), with lumbo-suprapubic pain. The study was conducted in the delivery ward of Hospital Universitari Germans Trias I Pujol, in Badalona (Catalonia, Spain) during 2017-2018. One hundred and thirty-four childbearing women giving birth between September 2017 and Marc.. View More»