Study of Stress Ball Use During Active Labor to Reduce Pain and Improve Birth Comfort in Pregnant Women Aged 18 to 40

What this Trial Is About

This research aims to evaluate how using a stress ball during the active phase of labor affects labor pain and comfort in pregnant women. The study compares women who use a stress ball during labor to those who receive routine care, focusing on whether the stress ball can reduce pain and increase comfort during childbirth. Participants will be randomly assigned to either an experimental group, which will use the stress ball from when their cervix is 3-4 cm dilated until it reaches 8-9 cm, or a control group, which will receive standard care without the stress ball. Pain levels will be measured using the Visual Analog Scale VAS, and comfort will be assessed with a labor comfort scale. Women will be monitored starting in the early active phase of labor through to later dilation. Pain and comfort will be measured twice within the first hour of labor and again 10-12 hours into labor. The study will track these outcomes to understand if the stress ball influences the labor experience.

Stress Ball Used in the Active Phase of Labor on Labor Pain and Birth Comfort