Comparison of the effects of maternal supportive care and acupressure (BL32 acupoint) on pregnant women's pain intensity and delivery outcome

Journal of Pregnancy

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Akbarzadeh, Marzieh ^a   Masoudi, Zahra ^a   Hadianfard, Mohammad Javad ^b   Kasraeian, Maryam ^c   Zare, Najaf ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPRESSURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUPRESSURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907403869     PISSN: 20902727     EISSN: 20902735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/129208     Document Type: Article

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