Jatuporn Tuntanokij. The effects of childbirth training program for pregnant women and supporters on pain level, pain coping behaviors, laboring period, and childbirth experience . Master's Degree(Maternity and Newborn Nursing). Mahidol University. : Mahidol University, 2006.
The effects of childbirth training program for pregnant women and supporters on pain level, pain coping behaviors, laboring period, and childbirth experience
Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of a childbirth training
program for pregnant women and supporters on pain level, pain coping behaviors,
laboring period and childbirth experience. The sample of 60 pregnant women and their
supporters were purposively selected from the obstetric department, Maharaj Nakhon
Si Thammarat Hospital, and divided exclusively into the experimental and control
group. The experimental group received usual care plus the childbirth training
program from the researcher, and the control group received only the usual care from
nursing staff. This study was carried out between May 2005 and January 2006.
The result of this study showed that the pregnant women in the experimental
group had statistically significant lower mean score of labor pain both in active and
transition phase (p<.001 and p<.01, respectively) and higher scores of pain coping
behaviors both in active and transition phase (p<.01 and p<.001, respectively) than
those in the control group. For the childbirth experience the experimental group had
statistically significant higher scores than those in control group (p<.001). In contrast
laboring period, first stage and second stage in the experimental group was not
statistically significantly shorter than in the control group.
From the results of this study, the childbirth training program could facilitated
pregnant women to cope with pain during labor, develop good self control and pain
coping behaviors, promote a positive childbirth experience, and help family
participant to support pregnant women throughout delivery lead to improved quality of
nursing care.