Acupressure on Acupoint SP6 and LI4 Against the Level of Pain and the Old Labor Active Phase I in Inpatient Clinics of Yogyakarta

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10.2991/ichs-18.2019.39How to use a DOI?

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Acupressure Acupoint SP6 and LI4, Then-Active Phase 1 Delivery, Long Labor

Abstract

Women will experience pain during the birth process of their baby. Pain that is not controlled will affect the duration of the first period which affects pain in the mother and baby. This study describes the effect of acupressure on acupoint SP6 and LI4 on pain intensity and length of labor during the active phase. The method used Quase Experiment with a pre post test group design. The 42 participants were divided into two groups. The intervention group was given acupressure treatment on acupoint SP6, and acupoint LI4, while the control group was in accordance with the standar operational procedure of service at the Health Center. The results of this study after treatment the level of pain reduction was significant between the intervention group compared to the control group on the level of pain (p = 0.001). There were significant differences in the length of time during the active phase between the intervention and control groups (p = 0.001).

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Sujiyatini
AU  - Nur Djanah
AU  - Woro Wahyuningsih Suwandi
PY  - 2019/11
DA  - 2019/11
TI  - Acupressure on Acupoint SP6 and LI4 Against the Level of Pain and the Old Labor Active Phase I in Inpatient Clinics of Yogyakarta
BT  - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Health Sciences (ICHS 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 266
EP  - 270
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ichs-18.2019.39
DO  - 10.2991/ichs-18.2019.39
ID  - 2019/11
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