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Kim, Chang, Lee, and Maeng: Effects on Labor Pain and Length of Delivery Time for Primipara Women treated by San-Yin-Jian(SP-6) Acupressure and Hob-Gog(LI-4) Acupressure
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Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing

Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing 2002; 8(2): 244-256.

Published online: 4 June 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4069/kjwhn.2002.8.2.244

Effects on Labor Pain and Length of Delivery Time for Primipara Women treated by San-Yin-Jian(SP-6) Acupressure and Hob-Gog(LI-4) Acupressure

Young Ran Kim*, Soon Bok Chang**, Mi Kyeong Lee***, Woong Jaeg Maeng****

*Severance Hospital, Yonsei University, Korea.

**RIHHC, College of Nursing, Yonsei University, Korea.

***Doctorial Candidate, College of Oriental Medicine, Wonkwang University, Korea.

****College of Oriental Medicine, Wonkwang University, Korea.

Received 25 May 2002       Accepted 12 June 2002

Copyright © 2002 Korean Academy of Women's Health Nursing

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects on labor pain and duration of delivery time for primipara women treated by San-Yin-Jiao(SP-6) and Hob-Gog(LI-4) acupressure. The design of this study was a nonequivalent control group non-synchronizedpost test only design. It was done to identify the effects of SP-6 acupressure or LI-4 acupressure on labor pain in primipara women. The benefits of using SP-6 acupressure or LI-4 acupressure were evaluated by comparing three groups, a SP-6 acupressure group, a LI-4 acupressure group and a control group, not treated with acupressure. The participants included 192 primiparas who underwent vaginal delivery, 72 primiparas in the control group, 71 in the SP-6 acupressure group and 49 in the LI-4 acupressure group. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire consisting of general characteristics, a subjective labor pain scale (Johnson, 1974), and measurement of duration of delivery time. The results of this study are summarized as follows :

  1. Differences in the acupressure effect for SP-6 and LI-4 were analyzed using Scheffe's test which showed that differences in the control group vs the SP-6 group and the control group vs the LI-4 group were statistically significant (t=21.767, p<0.05; t=23.923, p<0.05), but the SP-6 group vs the LI-4 group showed no significant differences.

  2. The duration of delivery time in the group which had SP-6 acupressure or LI-4 acupressure was shorter (400.77±153.34; 379.10±127.60) than in the control group (528.68±239.08). Differences in the effects of acupressure with SP-6 and LI-4 were also analyzed by Scheffe's test. Control group vs SP-6 group and Control group vs LI-4 group were significantly different(t=127.91, p<0.05; t=149.58, p<0.05), but the SP-6 group vs the LI-4 group did not show any statistically significant difference (t=21.67). This study has shown that SP-6 and LI-4 acupressure were both effective in relation to labor pain and duration of delivery time for primiparas. But it is necessary to replicate the study with a larger number of participants to generalize of the results.

Keywords: Acupressure, San-Yin-Jian(SP-6), Hob-Gog(LI-4), Labor pain, Delivery time

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