BIRTH BALL AGAINST LABOR PAIN
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Abstract
Background: Although childbirth brings much joy to most women, it is usually painful and stressful. These include physiological factors such as mechanical distension, fetal position, maternal position, and contractions, as well as psychological factors such as fear of labor pain and anxiety. Management of labor pain is an essential aspect of obstetric care and a major goal of intrapartum care. Pharmacological terms are more expensive, and maybe have the potential to cause adverse effects. Non-pharmacological methods of labor pain relief are frequently applicable and cheap. This study aims to determine the effect of birht ball on pain during labor.
Methods: This review article is a literature study from two articles from PubMed and Cochrane Library as electronic databases. The articles is limited to those published in the last 5 years and full text articles.The article were identified using the following search strategy: “birthing ball†and “labor pain†from the inception of each database.
Results: Based on the results of the studies birth ball exercise could be an effective tool for parturient women to reduce labor pain.
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