Gynecology & Obstetrics
Open Access
ISSN: 2161-0932
ISSN: 2161-0932
Department of Fundamental, Medical and Surgical Nursing Science, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Sandra Cabrera works at Department of Fundamental, Medical and Surgical Nursing Science, Faculty of Nursing, University of Barcelona, Barcelona Spain. The author has recently published a manuscript entitled 'Heat Application on Lumbar and Suprapubic Pain During the Onset of Labour Using a New Abdominal Two-Pocket Belt: A Randomised and Controlled Trial' with us.
Research Article
Heat Application on Lumbar and Suprapubic Pain During the Onset of Labour Using a New Abdominal Two-Pocket Belt: A Randomised and Controlled Trial
Author(s): Laura Tarrats*, Isabel Paez, Isabel Navarri, Sandra Cabrera, Manel Puig and Sergio Alonso
Background: Midwives from the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Unit at University Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, have developed a device for the application of thermal therapy on lumbar and suprapubical areas when labour pain appears.
Objective: To assess the beneficial effects of heat application on lumbo-suprapubical pain during initial stages of labour.
Study design: Randomized, parallel, open, non-blind clinical trial.
Methods: Participants were pregnant women in the prodromal, early and active labour (up to 4-5 cm of dilation), with lumbo-suprapubic pain. The study was conducted in the delivery ward of Hospital Universitari Germans Trias I Pujol, in Badalona (Catalonia, Spain) during 2017-2018. One hundred and thirty-four childbearing women giving birth between September 2017 and Marc.. View More»