Labor Pain
Conditions
Interventions
This was a randomized, randomized, controlled clinical trial with quantitative analysis, in accordance with the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) guidelines. The concept is that the
E02.190.204
Sponsors
Centro de Ciências da Saúde - Universidade Federal da Paraíba
Instituto Cândida Vargas
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Women aged over 18 years; in active labor with spontaneous dilation >4cm, of any parity, with two or more contractions in 10 min; with intact skin in the auricle; whose fetus is alive, in vertex cephalic presentation and with good conditions of vitality; who agree to participate in the research, with subsequent signing of the Informed Consent Form (TCLE); without serious illnesses and/or complications that consider their delivery to be high risk
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Women who have too many psychiatric or neurological disorders at the time of the survey; who have a phobia of touch, who are using some integrative therapies in addition to the usual care of the obstetric service; with immediate or close indication of any surgical procedure, except cesarean section after labor; in use of analgesic medication for less than 6 hours of eligibility and admission to the research; in the latent stage of labor, who denies participating in the research and/or does not wish to sign the TCLE
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| It is expected to find a decrease in the level of pain in parturients submitted to auriculotherapy compared to the control group from the verification of a variation of at least 5% in the pre- and post-intervention measurements. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| It is expected to observe a minimization of discomfort and evolution to surgical delivery between the intervention and control groups. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactFernando Neto
Universidade Federal da Paraíba
Outcome results
None listed