Pain Relief by Applying TENS on Acupuncture Points During the First Stage of Labour (NCT00148577) | Clinical Trial Compass
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Pain Relief by Applying TENS on Acupuncture Points During the First Stage of Labour
Taiwan100 participantsStarted 2002-08
Plain-language summary
We aimed to establish the reduction of labor pain by applying TENS at acupuncture points during the first stage of labour, to assess their efficacy, and to ascertain their acceptability.
Who can participate
Age range20 Years – 40 Years
SexFEMALE
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Inclusion Criteria:
The inclusion criteria were:
* Voluntary informed participation to the study
* An initial wish to deliver without epidural analgesia
* Planned vaginal childbirth (non-obstetrical complicated pregnancy)
* Fetal vertex presentation
* Term pregnancy (\>37 weeks of gestation)
* Apply at 1st stage of labour and excluded if cervical dilatation \> 5 cm
* Age between 20 and 40 years
* Chinese speaking, capable to understand the study
* No experience of pain relief by systemic or epidural anesthesia in previous delivery
* No experience in acupuncture or TENS in other field
* Had no heart disease nor using pace-maker.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Cervical dilatation \> 5 cm
* Experience of pain relief by systemic or epidural anesthesia in previous delivery
* Experience in acupuncture or TENS in other field
* Had heart disease or using pace-maker