A randomised controlled trial evaluating the effect of immersion bath on labour pain

Midwifery

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 286-294

  da Silva, Flora Maria Barbosa ^a   de Oliveira, Sonia Maria Junqueira Vasconcellos ^b   Nobre, Moacyr Roberto Cuce ^b  

^a Sapopemba Birth Center   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hydrotherapy; Immersion bath; Labour; Pain; Randomised controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BATH; BRAZIL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMERSION; LABOR PAIN; LABOR STAGE 1; MATERNITY WARD; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSE MIDWIFE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BATHS; BIRTHING CENTERS; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMERSION; LABOR PAIN; LABOR STAGE, FIRST; NURSE MIDWIVES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PARITY; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65449181228     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2007.04.006     Document Type: Article

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