The effect of foot reflexology on anxiety, pain, and outcomes of the labor in primigravida women

Acta Medica Iranica

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 507-511

  Hanjani, Soheila Moghimi ^a   Tourzani, Zahra Mehdizadeh ^b   Shoghi, Mahnaz ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ALBORZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Apgar; Duration of labor; Labor pain; Pain relief; Primiparous; Reflexology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; LABOR PAIN; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; PAIN INTENSITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIMIGRAVIDA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFLEXOLOGY; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; FOOT; MASSAGE; NEWBORN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; APGAR SCORE; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR PAIN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MASSAGE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939143624     PISSN: 00446025     EISSN: 17359694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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