The Effectiveness of Pelvic Rocking and Birthing Ball Exercise on Labor Pain during First Stage of Active Phase

Irna Nursanti, Diah Oktaviani, Dewi Anggraini, Toha Muhaimin

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Abstract

Labor pain is a challenging issue for nurses designing intervention protocols for women who intend to have normal childbirth. Pelvic rocking ball or birthing ball exercise is believed can help ease the childbirth process. We combined those instruments as a non-pharmacological approach and pain management before childbirth. This study examined the effectiveness of pelvic rocking and birthing ball exercises to reduce labor pain during the first stage of active phase. A quasi-experimental approach was conducted and a purposive sampling technique was used to recruit 30 women who expected to have normal childbirth. They were randomly assigned to either receive the pelvic rocking ball (group A), birthing ball (group B), or both (group C). The numeric Rating Scale (NRT) was used to assign the pain intensity pre and post-intervention. This study showed that the labor pain decrease in women who had the combination of pelvic rocking and birthing ball (p-value 0.000), birthing ball (p-value 0.0001), and pelvic rocking ball exercise (0.05). The combination of pelvic rocking and birthing ball exercise is the most influential strategy as a non-pharmacology nursing intervention due to labor pain management.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInHeNce 2021 - 2021 IEEE International Conference on Health, Instrumentation and Measurement, and Natural Sciences
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781665441810
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 14 Jul 2021
Event2021 IEEE International Conference on Health, Instrumentation and Measurement, and Natural Sciences, InHeNce 2021 - Virtual, Medan, Indonesia
Duration: 14 Jul 202116 Jul 2021

Publication series

NameInHeNce 2021 - 2021 IEEE International Conference on Health, Instrumentation and Measurement, and Natural Sciences

Conference

Conference2021 IEEE International Conference on Health, Instrumentation and Measurement, and Natural Sciences, InHeNce 2021
Country/TerritoryIndonesia
CityVirtual, Medan
Period14/07/2116/07/21

Keywords

  • birthing ball exercise
  • labor pain intensity
  • Pelvic rocking ball exercise

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