Naslov
Impact of peripartal acupuncture on labor and delivery

Autori
Pešić M, Kličan-Jaić K, Djaković I, Muratović A, Košec A, Turković TM

Izvornik
Acta medica Croatica (1330-0164) 73 (2019); 5-9

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
prepartal acupuncture ; acupuncture ; labor ; delivery ; pain relief

Sažetak
Delivery is a natural process associated with a certain level of pain. With today’s range of various pain relieving methods during labor, it is possible to shorten laboring, thus ensuring better compliance of parturient woman. Prepartal acupuncture is one of these methods. The results of this prospective study showed that prepartal acupuncture had a positive infl uence on pain experience of parturient women. There was no difference in duration of the fi rst stage of labor between comparable groups, even in the primipara group. This study found acupuncture to have a positive infl uence on psychological state of the parturient women and general compliance during labor. Acupuncture should be considered as one of the possible methods for pain relief in labor and preparation for labor.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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