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ArticleOman medical journal2014

The Effect of LI4 Acupressure on Labor Pain Intensity and Duration of Labor: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Fatemeh Dabiri, Arefeh Shahi

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Article in Oman medical journal, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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10citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Acupuncture or acupressure for pain management during labour.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Fatemeh DabiriDepartment of Midwifery, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran.
Arefeh ShahiDepartment of Midwifery, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran.
Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo evaluate the effect of LI4 acupressure on labor pain and duration during the first stage of labor.

methodsParturient women (n=149) with singleton pregnancies in the active phase of spontaneous labor, without any medical or obstetric problems, were enrolled in this single-blinded, randomized, clinical trial. Participants were placed into one of three groups: an LI4 acupressure group, a touching group, and a control group in which no pharmacological or non-pharmacological methods of pain relief were used. Pain intensity was measured by visual analog scale before and after the intervention in the first stage of labor. Pressure or touch was applied for 30 minutes during uterine contractions.

resultsThe difference in the pain scores between the acupressure and control group was statistically significant (p<0.001) but there was no statistically significant (p=0.942) difference in the duration of the first stage of labor between the three groups.

conclusionAcupressure is an effective, non-invasive, and easily applicable technique to reduce labor pain.

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AcupressureLabor painLength of labor

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PMID25584160
PMCPMC4289495
OpenAlexW2152474473

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