Background: Pain is a common experience for women during labor. Therefore, pain relief
care for mothers during labor is very important. This meta-analysis was conducted to …

Introduction: Side effects of most synthetic drugs used in the treatment of various diseases
have led researchers around the world to conduct studies on the identification of alternative …

BACKGROUND: Childbirth is arguably one of the most painful experiences women undergo
during their lives. This study aimed to compare the effects of ice massage, acupressure and …

METHODS A randomized-controlled trial was conducted on 210 primipara women. Subjects
were randomly divided into three groups (each group comprised 70 women) to receive …

: Background: Anxiety and stress during labor increase plasma level of cortisol hormone and
slow down the progress of delivery. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of …

Abstract Aims and Background: Pain is an inevitable part of the childbirth process.
Nowadays non-pharmacological methods such as acupuncture are considered for LABOR …

Context: Labor is among the most painful events in females' lives. Labor pain (LP) is
alleviated using both pharmacological and non-pharmacological methods. The current study …

The aim of this study was to assess the effect of acupressure with or without ice on reducing
pain and anxiety during labour. The anxiety level of mothers was measured before and after …

Labor pain management is one of the main goals of maternity care. Ice application or
cooling has been claimed to be as an effective, safe and non-invasive adjuvant mean for …

Introduction: Childbirth is a physiological process that must be accomplished without any
interventions. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of prenatal …