Salima Kerai, Alisa Almas, Martin Guhn, Barry Forer, Eva Oberle
Screen time and developmental health: results from an early childhood study in Canada
BMC public health
challenge identify pain assessment counselling effective reliable woman labour also supporting appropriate management labour pain study aimed describe womens perceptions counselling pain assessment pain management labour descriptive crosssectional study sample consisted women given birth n204 university hospital finland 250 parturients recruited convenience sampling data collected using questionnaire ppapm november 2018 february 2019 statistical significance observed differences analysed using chisquared test fischers exact test eighty percent women reported received counselling pharmacological treatments midwives 33 received counselling pain assessment nonpharmacological methods alleviating labour pain commonly taught midwives proper breathing techniques coldheat treatments trying different positions movements women less commonly counselled try listening music thinking pleasant positive things concentrating thoughts something pain two commonly used counselling methods demonstrations written material least used internetbased resources personal issue midwives discussed frequently counselling womens individual hopes concerning pain management 91 issue discussed least often previous experiences pain 58 participants experiences fear age education significantly associated aspects counselling pain assessment management womens counselling pain assessment management labour varied widely therefore improve quality counselling routinely integrated daily midwifery work particular counselling given nonpharmacological pain relief methods labour inadequate varied counselling methods used future finally results indicate midwives knowledge counselling increased encouraged routinely offer counselling pain assessment management parturing women