The effect of using a care model to promote labor pain coping, duration of giving birth and satisfaction towards the first childbirth experience of the laboring women, Chumphon Khet Udomsak Hospital, Chumphon province
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The purpose of this quasi-experiment research was to study the effect of using a care model to promote labor pain coping of the primigravidarum, Chumphon Khet Udomsak Hospital. The proposed model consisted of 3 activities: (1) “Understanding Childbirth for safe the mother and her child, (2) "Know how to escape the pain" and (3) "Maneevej for childbirth". The sample was the primigravidarum, who received services in the delivery room, Chumphon Khet Udomsak Hospital. A sample of 60 primigravidarum was recruited via purposive sampling technique and was divided into either experimental or control groups. Both control and control comprised of 30 primigravidarum. The outcomes evaluation included (1) Labor Pain Assessment Form, (2) Birth Progress Recording Form and (3) Satisfaction Assessment Form. Alpha Cronbah Coefficient of the Satisfaction towards the first childbirth experience was 0.78. Data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation and t test.
The results revealed the proposed care model to promote labor pain coping indicated that the participants in the experimental group experienced lower pain in the stage 1, than those in the control group. Besides, the participant in the experiment group had shorter duration of the 1st and 2nd stages of labor, than those in the control group. In addition, the participants in the experimental group had significantly higher satisfaction towards the first childbirth experience than those in the control group (p < .05).
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