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Trial reportRevista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia2025

Effect of auriculotherapy on labor pain severity and labor duration: a clinical trial.

Somayehsadat Eslami, Omolbanin Heydari, Moghaddameh Mirzaee, Zahra Shad, Firoozeh Mirzaee

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Trial report in Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Somayehsadat EslamiKerman University of Medical Sciences Kerman Iran Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5121-9470
Omolbanin HeydariKerman University of Medical Sciences Kerman Iran Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2962-9481
Moghaddameh MirzaeeKerman University of Medical Sciences Kerman Iran Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7202-2821
Zahra ShadKerman University of Medical Sciences Kerman Iran Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1459-0104
Firoozeh MirzaeeKerman University of Medical Sciences Kerman Iran Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1114-0813

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Abstract

Objective: Pain is an unavoidable reality of labor and the most noticeable determinant of the labor experience. The present study was conducted to assess the effect of auriculotherapy on labor pain and labor duration. Methods: This double blind, randomized, controlled clinical trial was conducted from 2021-2022 in Kerman, Iran. The sample consisted of 60 primiparous women assigned to an Intervention Group ( Results: Pain intensity was significantly lower in the Intervention Group than in the sham Control Group ( Conclusions: Auriculotherapy was demonstrated to attenuate the severity of labor pains and expedite the labor duration. Hence, policymakers in this field are recommended to pay greater attention to this non-invasive method.

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AuriculotherapyLabor, ObstetricLabor PainAdultDouble-Blind MethodFemaleHumansIranPain MeasurementPregnancySeverity of Illness IndexTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeYoung AdultAcupuncture pointsAuriculotherapyLabor durationLabor painPain managementPregnancyPrimiparous womenVisual Analog Scale

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