The Effect of Labor Dance on Traumatic Birth Perception and Comfort (labordance)

ne of the non-pharmacological methods that provide opportunities such as massage and freedom of movement with the support of the spouse / partner is the birth dance.

In order to reduce the pain perceived by the woman and provide emotional support, the birth dance is started in the active phase of the first phase of the labor and continues until the end of the first phase. The woman is given the opportunity to act rhythmically with a relaxing light music with someone she prefers (spouse / partner, mother, midwife, etc.). The hands of the pregnant woman dance in the form of swinging from left to right, on the shoulder of his wife, with music; The partner is massaged by the sacrum area. It is aimed to increase the effectiveness of the method applied by adding spouse / partner support, upright posture and massage in addition to the music and body movements that dance includes, and also to provide emotional support to the woman. In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the effect of birth dance on traumatic birth perception and comfort.

Study Overview

• Status: Unknown
• Conditions: Labor Pain; Fear of Childbirth
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: labor dance

Detailed Description

The study was planned as randomized controlled. Pregnant women and their accompanying persons assigned to the study group will be informed about working in the tram room where the pregnant woman is before the active phase begins 'Using the Labor Dance Practice Guide (Annex 3) and cervical dilatation 4 cm. they will be asked to practice in accordance with this guide. Details of the application (such as dance time, rest time) will be recorded in the 'Labor Dance Control Guide' (Annex 4) by the researcher. Pregnant women will be followed by the doctor and midwife responsible for the pregnancy during the tram, and the researcher will not be involved in tram follow-up of the pregnant woman (cervical dilation, pediatric heart sound, contraction follow-up, vital signs of the pregnant woman).

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 160
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Konya, Turkey, 42100
    • Selcuk University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 40 years (ADULT)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Those who were admitted to Hospital for labor
• Those whose cervical dilatation between 4 and 8 cm.

Exclusion Criteria:

• When delivered by cesarean sectio,
• Labor was inducted
• Narcotic analgesics used

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: DIAGNOSTIC
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Interventional Model: PARALLEL
• Masking: NONE

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: labor dance group; The pregnant women and their spouses/partners who wanted to perform the practice were asked to inform the researcher when the labor started. The researcher stayed with the pregnant women and their spouses during the practice and labor process. The pregnant women started to dance with their spouses during the active phase of the labor process accompanied by meditation music in a dim, silent environment.The pregnant women started to dance with their spouses during the active phase of the labor process accompanied by meditation music in a dim, silent environment. The spouse or partner massaged the pregnant woman's sacral area while dancing.	Other: labor dance; The pregnant women and their spouses/partners who wanted to perform the practice were asked to inform the researcher when the labor started. The researcher stayed with the pregnant women and their spouses during the practice and labor process. The pregnant women started to dance with their spouses during the active phase of the labor process accompanied by meditation music in a dim, silent environment. The spouse or partner massaged the pregnant woman's sacral area while dancing.
NO_INTERVENTION: Control group; Only routine practices were performed with the control group, and data were recorded as in the experimental groups.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Childbirth Comfort Questionnaire	The scale is a five-point Likert type scale with 14 items. In the original of the scale, it is stated that each item can be scored between 1-5 (1 = Strongly disagree, 2 = Mostly disagree, 3 = Partially agree, 4 = Mostly agree, 5 = I totally agree). The minimum score that can be obtained from the scale is 14 and the highest score is 70. The higher the score, the higher the comfort, the lower the lower comfort.	ten minute after labor dance

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Selçuk University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ACTUAL): May 15, 2019
• Primary Completion (ANTICIPATED): March 15, 2020
• Study Completion (ANTICIPATED): March 15, 2020

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: February 25, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 25, 2020
• First Posted (ACTUAL): February 27, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): February 27, 2020
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 25, 2020
• Last Verified: February 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Wounds and Injuries; Infant, Newborn, Diseases; Labor Pain; Birth Injuries
• Other Study ID Numbers: Labor Dance

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No