Rubneide Barreto Silva Gallo|Lícia Santos Santana|Cristine Homsi Jorge Ferreira|Alessandra Cristina Marcolin|Omero Benedicto Poli?Neto|Geraldo Duarte|Silvana Maria Quintana
Massage reduced severity of pain during labour: a randomised trial
Universidade de São Paulo
massage relieve pain active phase labourrandomised trial concealed allocation assessor blinding outcomes intentiontotreat analysis46 women pregnant 37 weeks gestation single fetus spontaneous onset labour 45cm cervical dilation intact ovular membranes use medication admission hospitalexperimental group participants received 30min lumbar massage physiotherapist active phase labour physiotherapist attended control group participants period answered questions groups received routine perinatal carethe primary outcome pain severity measured 100mm visual analogue scale secondary outcomes included short form mcgill pain questionnaire pain location time analgesic medication use labour blinded researcher also recorded duration labour route delivery neonatal outcomes participants satisfaction physiotherapist labourat end intervention pain severity 52mm sd 20 experimental group 72mm sd 15 control group significantly different mean difference 20mm 95 ci 10 31 groups differ significantly painrelated outcome measures obstetric outcomes also similar groups except duration labour 68hr sd 16 experimental group 57hr sd 15 control group mean difference 11hr 95 ci 02 20 patients groups satisfied care provided physiotherapistmassage reduced severity pain labour despite changing characteristics location