The Effect of Cold Application to the Sacral Area on Labor Comfort:

The Effect of Cold Application to the Sacral Area in the Transition Phase of Labor on Labor Comfort:

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT05693623

Enrollment

Registered

2023-01-23

Start date

2023-02-20

Completion date

2023-03-20

Last updated

2023-01-23

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Conditions

Birth

Brief summary

Purpose: Cold application is considered as an effective alternative treatment for labor comfort because of its low side effects and easy availability. This study aims to determine the effect of cold application to the sacral area in the transition phase of labor on labor comfort. Materials and methods: The study was done as a randomised controlled experimental study. While the women in the experimental group received cold application for 10 minutes every 20 minutes after 8 cm of cervical dilatation, the women in control group received routine care protocol of the unit.

Interventions

OTHERcold application

cold application

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* The inclusion criteria were having a full-term pregnancy (pregnancies between 37th and 42nd weeks), * having a single fetus, having a cephalic presentation, * fetal weight of 2,5- 4 kg, * pregnant women's having normal body mass index and receiving no antenatal trainings, * having an 8 cm cervical dilation.

Exclusion criteria

* The women who had any kind of pregnancy complications (placenta previa, preeclampsia, * premature rupture of membranes, oligohydramnios and polyhydramnios, presentation disorder, * intrauterine growth retardation, intrauterine dead fetus, * macrosomia babies, fetal distress, etc.), * who had any systemic or neurologic diseases * contraction anomalies (hypotonic or hypertonic contractions), * who had induced labor, * who received narcotic analgesics, * who had occiput posterior, * who were in the latent and active phases of labor, * who had irregular contractions were excluded from the study

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Cold Application to the Sacral Area on Labor Comfort	through study completion, an average of 1 year	Cold Application to the Sacral Area on Labor Comfort

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026