A pre experimental study to assess the effectiveness of massage therapy on severity of labour pains and anxiety among parturient mothers admitted in labour room during active phase of labour in selected Hospital, Jalandhar, Punjab, 2017
International Journal of Development Research
A pre experimental study to assess the effectiveness of massage therapy on severity of labour pains and anxiety among parturient mothers admitted in labour room during active phase of labour in selected Hospital, Jalandhar, Punjab, 2017
Received 09th June, 2017; Received in revised form 21st July, 2017; Accepted 06th August, 2017; Published online 29th September, 2017
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A Pre Experimental study to assess the effectiveness of massage therapy on severity of labour pains and anxiety among parturient mothers admitted in labour room during active phase of labour in selected hospitals, Jalandhar, Punjab. The aim of the study is to assess the effectiveness of massage therapy on severity of labour pains and anxiety among parturient mothers admitted in labour room during active phase of labour. Results depicted that the mean pre interventional score of severity of labour pains was 82.91 and mean post interventional score was 22.66. The calculated‘t’ value was 24.0039 which is significant at p<0.0001. The mean pre interventional score of anxiety was 25.53and mean post interventional score was 10.48. The calculated ‘t’ value was 20.3378 which is significant at p<0.0001.Hence the findings revealed that there was decrease in the severity of labour pains and anxiety, so the research hypothesis(H1) was accepted.
