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Effects of Pilates Ball and Sacral Massage Applications on Labor Pain, Labor Duration and Childbirth Satisfaction
Led by Ege University · Updated on 2025-04-15
105
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
44 weeks
Total Duration
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What this Trial Is About
As researchers, we believe that Pilates ball and manual sacral massage applications can be easily and cost-free applied in maternity clinics in our country. For all these reasons, this study was planned as a randomized controlled study to evaluate the effects of Pilates ball and sacral massage applications in labor on labor pain, labor duration, and labor satisfaction. The research will be carried out between December 1, 2024 and May 1, 2025 in two public hospitals affiliated with the Gaziantep Provincial Health Directorate. The sample of the research will consist of 35 pregnant women in the Pilates ball group, 35 in the sacral massage group and 35 in the control group, totaling 105 pregnant women who meet the criteria for inclusion in the research. Applications to the intervention groups will be made during the active phase of labor. Personal Information Form, Labor Monitoring Form, Application Monitoring Form to record the number and duration of applications, Visual Analog Scale to assess labor pain, Partograph to assess labor duration and Labor Satisfaction Scale to assess maternal satisfaction will be used in data collection. Data will be analyzed with tests appropriate to normal distribution characteristics in the SPSS 24 package program. At the end of the research, the effects of Pilates ball and sacral massage applications in labor on labor pain, labor duration and labor satisfaction will be evaluated.
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Official Title
Effects of Pilates Ball and Sacral Massage Applications on Labor Pain, Labor Duration and Childbirth Satisfaction
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Pregnant women aged over 18 and under 35 years
- Pregnancies at term between 38 and 41 weeks gestation
- First-time pregnant women (primiparous)
- Single live fetus in the head-down (vertex) position
- No pregnancy risk factors such as dermatological disease, preeclampsia, active membrane rupture, oligohydramnios, polyhydramnios, gestational diabetes, placental anomalies, intrauterine growth retardation, dead fetus, macrosomia, or fetal distress
- No obstacles to using the Pilates ball
- No chronic diseases such as hypertension or diabetes
- Currently in active labor phase with at least 1 hour of labor monitoring
- Voluntary agreement to participate in the study
You will not qualify if you...
- Indications for cesarean section such as presentation disorder or breech presentation
- Underwent labor induction
- Labor duration shorter than 1 hour or longer than 8 hours
- Use of vacuum, forceps, or shoulder dystocia during delivery
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Gaziantep Unıversity
Şehitkamil, Gazi̇antep, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Research Team
E
EMİNE CAN, ARAŞTIRMA GÖREVLİSİ
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Number of Arms
3
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