peanut ball: The experimental group will use peanut balls;
Study summary
Aim: The subject of this study is to examine the effects of using a peanut ball, one of the birthing ball types, on labor pain, delivery time, anxiety and maternal satisfaction in primiparous pregnant women who are planned to have a vaginal birth Material method:In the appointment, it was planned that there would be 54 people in each group. Pregnant women who meet the research criteria and agree to participate will be distributed to the groups by simple randomization method. The research sample is in the maternity unit at Gaziantep City Hospital (between August 2024 and December 2024) and all primiparous women who meet the inclusion criteria for the study will be included.
Eligibility
Sex
FEMALE
Min age
18 Years
Max age
49 Years
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Inclusion Criteria Pregnant women with a singleton pregnancy, Term, primiparous, No condition preventing vaginal delivery, No extremity problems related to using a birth ball, Can speak and understand Turkish.
Exclusion Criteria Pregnant women with maternal and fetal complications (oligohydramnios and polyhydramnios, placenta previa, preeclampsia, premature membrane rupture, presentation anomalies, IUGR, fetal anomalies, intrauterine death, macrosomic baby, fetal distress, etc.) Elective cesarean section
Primary outcome measure(s)
Visual analog scale (VAS) — 1 hour A 10 cm ruler with no pain at one end and the most severe pain at the other end, the patient's own pain signs, the use of VAS should be explained very well. This is natural; patients are said to have two extreme points and to be free to remember between these points. The validity and reliability of the scale were made by Aslan (1998).
State Anxiety Scale (VAS) — 1 month Spielberger's State Anxiety Inventory: The scale was adapted to Turkish by Öner and Le Compte (1983) in 1964 by Spielberg and his friends in order to classify the degree of normal and abnormal situations. It is a self-assessment type scale consisting of short statements. The state anxiety inventory is available in a way that the person can use their anxiety at a certain moment, the state anxiety inventory consisting of 20 items is a scale that molds how the individual wants himself at a certain moment and under certain conditions. The emotions or behaviors expressed in the state record inventory classes are answered by marking one of the options (1) none, (2) a little, (3) a lot, (4) completely according to the degree of distribution. There are 10 reversed statements in the inventory. These statements are items 1, 2, 5, 8, 10, 11, 15, 16, 19 and 20. The state anxiety score is calculated by adding the total weighted scores of direct and reverse statements to 50 points. The scores obtai
This page summarises publicly available registry data for informational purposes — not medical advice. Eligibility is determined by each study team; patients should discuss participation with their clinician.
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