Status:
UNKNOWN
Pain Relief by Applying TENS on Acupuncture Points During the First Stage of Labour
Lead Sponsor:
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Conditions:
Pain Relief at First Stage
Eligibility:
FEMALE
20-40 years
Brief Summary
We aimed to establish the reduction of labor pain by applying TENS at acupuncture points during the first stage of labour, to assess their efficacy, and to ascertain their acceptability.
Detailed Description
We conducted a double-blind, placebo-controlled randomised trial involving healthy parturient at term pregnancy using TENS on 4 acupuncture points (Li 4 and Sp 6) (n=50) and the placebo group (n=50). ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- The inclusion criteria were:
- Voluntary informed participation to the study
- An initial wish to deliver without epidural analgesia
- Planned vaginal childbirth (non-obstetrical complicated pregnancy)
- Fetal vertex presentation
- Term pregnancy (\>37 weeks of gestation)
- Apply at 1st stage of labour and excluded if cervical dilatation \> 5 cm
- Age between 20 and 40 years
- Chinese speaking, capable to understand the study
- No experience of pain relief by systemic or epidural anesthesia in previous delivery
- No experience in acupuncture or TENS in other field
- Had no heart disease nor using pace-maker.
Exclusion
- Cervical dilatation \> 5 cm
- Experience of pain relief by systemic or epidural anesthesia in previous delivery
- Experience in acupuncture or TENS in other field
- Had heart disease or using pace-maker
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 1 2002
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
End Date :
December 1 2003
Estimated Enrollment :
100 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00148577
Start Date
August 1 2002
End Date
December 1 2003
Last Update
September 8 2005
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Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Taoyuan District, Taiwan, 333