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Lee, Kim, Kim, and Kim: Study on Pain, Efficacy, and Comfort during First Stage of Laboring Women
Original Article
Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing

Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing 2005; 11(2): 129-134.

Published online: 27 May 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4069/kjwhn.2005.11.2.129

Study on Pain, Efficacy, and Comfort during First Stage of Laboring Women

Eun Hee Lee1, Jeung Im Kim2, Yun Mi Kim3, Yeon Mi Kim4

1Professor, Department of Nursing, Wonju National College, Korea.

2School of Nursing, Soonchunhyang University, Korea.

3Instructor, College of Nursing, Seoul National University, Korea.

4Director Nurse, Charm Obstetrics Clinic, Korea.

Address reprint requests to: Kim, Jeung Im(Corresponding Author). School of Nursing, Soonchunhyang University, 657, Hannam-Dong, Yongsan-Ku, Seoul 140-743, Korea. Tel: +82-2-709-9495, Fax: +82-2-709-9495, jeungim@sch.ac.kr

Received 13 May 2005       Accepted 10 June 2005

Copyright © 2005 Korean Academy of Women's Health Nursing

Abstract

Purpose

This study was purposed to survey pain, efficacy, and comfort during the first stage of labor and to identify correlations among them.

Method

The subjects were 116 laboring women who were admitted to a baby-friendly hospital recommended by UNICEF for breast feeding. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire composed of labor pain, labor efficacy, and labor comfort with 10 cm visual analog scale respectively. The data were analyzed by frequency, Pearson's correlation, and ANOVA.

Result

Labor pain, labor efficacy, and labor comfort in latent phase were positive correlation with them in active phase. The more pain, the less labor efficacy and the less comfort in latent phase. and the more pain, the less comfort in active phase. Labor efficacy was positively correlated with labor comfort in both phase. Lastly, women supported by their husbands had significantly higher labor pain than women supported by their mothers.

Conclusion

The results suggest that nurses develop a labor efficacy program for pregnant women and their mothers or spouses.

Keywords: Labor, Pain, Efficacy, Comfort

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