efficacy of child birth preparation programs on the progress and labour pain

ABSTRACT

This study comprised 110 pregnant women in labor to evaluate the efficacy of childbirth preparation programs on the progress and labor pain. The women were distributed in two groups on the basis of odd number representing the trial group and the even number representing the comparative group, each group comprised 55 women. All women were observed during the course of labor using the labor chart [partogram]. The results revealed that the severity of delivery pains decreased in the trial group and increased in the second group when entering the hospital and at delivery time. The average pain severity decreased in the trial group, while it increased in the second group according to cervical dilatation