Objective: To assess assistance influence on labor pain level.
Method: This study was a randomized-clinical, unmasked trial with
concealment by measuring labor pain level in two patients group:
with and without assistance during labor; each group consisted of 36
subjects. Pain intensity were measured using Faces Pain Rating
Scale. Mann-Whitney analysis was done to assess significance of
pain level between two groups.
Result: Majority of patient who were in non-assisted group had very
painful score 50% with mean of VAS 7.38±2.12, meanwhile most of
assisted group complained painful score 44.44%, with mean of VAS
6.11±1.90.
Conclusion: There was significance level of painful score between
non-assisted and assisted subjects x(p
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