The Effect of Labor Dance on Labor Pain, Anxiety, Birth Time and Maternal Satisfaction

NCT04746170 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: Labor Dance
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 128
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Pregnant women who are in the process of labor need physical and emotional support of health professionals in issues such as coping with labor pain, relieving fear and anxiety, and experiencing positive birth. The fact that labor dance includes components such as upright posture, pelvic movement, touch, massage provides both physical and emotional support to the pregnant woman. The aim of the study is to examine the effect of labor dance applied to pregnant women in the first stage of birth on labor pain, anxiety, birth time and maternal satisfaction at birth.

Conditions

Pregnant Women

Keywords

Birth; Labor Dance; Anxiety; Maternal Satisfaction; Nurse

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)

  VAS is used to measure perceived pain. The Visual Analog Scale (VAS) is a 10 cm line with anchor statements on lower end (no pain) and on upper end (extreme pain). The pregnant women is asked to mark their current pain level on the line.

  During labor assessed up to 12 hours

• State Anxiety Scale

  The scale consists of 20 items. The emotions or behaviors expressed in the articles are according to the degree of feeling the situation in which the individual is; It is answered by marking one of the options such as (1) none, (2) a little, (3) much, (4) completely. The total score obtained from the scale is between a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 80. The last value obtained is the individual's anxiety score.

  During labor assessed up to 7 hours

• State Anxiety Scale

  The scale consists of 20 items. The emotions or behaviors expressed in the articles are according to the degree of feeling the situation in which the individual is; It is answered by marking one of the options such as (1) none, (2) a little, (3) much, (4) completely. The total score obtained from the scale is between a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 80. The last value obtained is the individual's anxiety score.

  within the first 4 hours postpartum

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• The Scale for Measuring Maternal Satisfaction (SMMS)-normal birth

  within the first 4 hours postpartum

• Labor duration was assessed with The Postpartum Maternal Information Form (PMIF)

  During labor assessed up to 18 hours

Study Arms (4)

Multiparous

EXPERIMENTAL

Pregnant women in the experimental group will be given a labor dance with music for 15 minutes per hour until the cervical opening starts from 3 cm (latent phase) and the cervical opening reaches 8 cm. The massage application will be made by the researcher to their waist and sacrum area with a ball massage glove.

Other: Labor Dance

Multiparous Control

NO INTERVENTION

Only routine practices were performed with the control group, and data were recorded as in the experimental groups.

Primipar

EXPERIMENTAL

Pregnant women in the experimental group will be given a labor dance with music for 15 minutes per hour until the cervical opening starts from 3 cm (latent phase) and the cervical opening reaches 8 cm. The massage application will be made by the researcher to their waist and sacrum area with a ball massage glove.

Other: Labor Dance

Primiparous control

NO INTERVENTION

Only routine practices were performed with the control group, and data were recorded as in the experimental groups.

Interventions

Labor Dance OTHER

Pregnant women in the experimental group will be given a birth dance with music for 15 minutes per hour until the cervical opening starts from 3 cm (latent phase) and the cervical opening reaches 8 cm. The massage application will be made by the researcher to their waist and sacrum area with a ball massage glove.

Multiparous; Primipar

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Not being pregnant diagnosed with Covid -19 (last 20 days)
• Accepting to be included in research,
• years of age,
• Speak Turkish,
• At least a primary school graduate,
• No disability such as hearing or vision,
• Having a pregnancy at term (those between 38-41 weeks of gestation),
• Pregnant women whose labor has started actively,
• Applying to the delivery room for vaginal delivery in the latent phase of labor (when the cervical opening is 1-3 cm),
• Pregnant women without uterine contraction anomaly,
• Having a single fetus, The leading part of the fetus is the head coming (in the vertex position),
• Fetus weight 2500-4000 gr,
• Being in the low risk pregnant group (Absence of conditions such as placenta previa, preeclampsia, heart, gestational diabetes, intrauterine growth retardation, intrauterine dead fetus, macrosomic babies, fetal distress etc.),

You may not qualify if:

• Pregnant women whose previous birth type was cesarean section (pregnant women who preferred vaginal delivery after cesarean section)
• Pregnant women who received epidural analgesia,
• Pregnant women whose labor lasted less than 3 hours (rapid birth story).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Artvin Coruh University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Artvin State Hospital

Artvin, 08000, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Related Publications (2)

• Akin B, Saydam BK. The effect of labor dance on perceived labor pain, birth satisfaction, and neonatal outcomes. Explore (NY). 2020 Sep-Oct;16(5):310-317. doi: 10.1016/j.explore.2020.05.017. Epub 2020 May 30.

  PMID: 32527687 BACKGROUND

• Kalog Lu Binici D, Aktas S. The Effect of Labor Dance in the First Stage of Labor on Labor Pain, Anxiety, Duration of Labor, and Maternal Satisfaction with Labor: A Randomized Controlled Study. J Integr Complement Med. 2024 Apr;30(4):383-393. doi: 10.1089/jicm.2022.0818. Epub 2023 Oct 13.

  PMID: 37831917 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Anxiety Disorders

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Mental Disorders

Study Officials

• Dilek KALOĞLU BİNİCİ

  Artvin Coruh University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Masking Details: In RCT, blinding will be done in terms of participants and statistics.
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Research Assistant

Model Details: The study was planned as a randomized controlled trial. The pregnant will be followed in single rooms. Pregnant women in the experimental group will be given labor dance with music for 15 minutes per hour until the cervical opening starts from 3 cm (latent phase) and the cervical opening reaches 8 cm.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 3, 2021
• First Posted: February 9, 2021
• Study Start: December 17, 2020
• Primary Completion: August 17, 2021
• Study Completion: March 1, 2022
• Last Updated: July 11, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)