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Jang and Park: Effect of Family-Participated Delivery in a Labor Delivery Room on the Childbirth of Primiparas
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Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing

Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing 2002; 8(3): 371-379.

Published online: 4 June 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4069/kjwhn.2002.8.3.371

Effect of Family-Participated Delivery in a Labor Delivery Room on the Childbirth of Primiparas

Myung Jae Jang*, Kyung Sook Park, Ph. D.**

*Department of Nursing, The Graduate School of Chung-Ang University, Korea.

**Professor, Department of Nursing, Chung-Ang University, Korea.

Received 16 July 2002

Copyright © 2002 Korean Academy of Women's Health Nursing

Abstract

The purpose of the present study is to consider its effect on the childbirth of a woman. This is a quasi-experimental study with nonequivalent control group post-test design.
The subjects of this study are 60 primiparas (30 in the control, and another 30 in the experimental group) who have had a regular prenatal care from February 5 to March 20, 2002, in an outpatient obstetrics and gynecology of S university medical center located in Seoul.
The result is as follows:

  1. The hours of labor pains in the entire delivery period: the average hours are 7 hr. 9 min. in the experimental group, and 10 hr. 39 min. in the control group. The hours of labor pains are shorter in the woman with a family delivery experience in LDR. The difference is statistically significant (t=-3.34, p=.001).

  2. The degree of pains in the entire delivery period: the average degree is 7.38 in the experimental group, and 7.68 in the control group. The degree of labor pains are lower in the woman with a family delivery experience in LDR. But, the difference is statistically insignificant (t=-0.86, p=.396).

  3. The perceptions of the delivery experience: the average score of the perception is 73.63 in the experimental group, and 63.57 in the control group. The women with a family delivery experience in LDR have more positive perception of the delivery procedure, and, the difference is statistically significant (t=4.65, p=.000).

In summary of the above result, a family-participated delivery in LDR is proved to be an effective nursing intervention that shortens the hours spent in the delivery procedure and promotes positive perceptions of the delivery experience.

Keywords: Family-participated delivery, Labor Delivery Room (LDR), Labor pains, Delivery experience

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