Reliability and validity of the Acceptance Symptom Assessment Scale in assessing labour pain

Bergh, Ingrid; Söderlund, Tina; Vinterskog, Linda; Mårtensson, Lena

doi:10.1016/j.midw.2011.08.009

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“…Although there are scales that assess pain, such as the VAS [ 17 ], there are few that specifically focus on childbirth pain [ 1 , 38 ] and none that do not require interrupting the woman. For this reason, it was necessary to create and validate a scale that does not involve women in the measurement of their pain in order not to interfere with any part of the childbirth process.…”

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“…The sample of 55 women on whom we validated the scale was considered sufficient given the number of births at the hospital where the study was conducted. Other studies have validated scales with a similar or even smaller numbers of participants [ 1 , 50 , 51 ].…”

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“…One of the most representative symptoms during the birthing process is pain [1], which has been described as one of the most severe and exhausting kinds of pain humans experience, including not only its physical dimension but also its psychological dimension [1][2][3]. The pain of childbirth is one of the most prevalent concerns of pregnant women [4].…”

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Development and Validation of a Rating Scale of Pain Expression during Childbirth (ESVADOPA)

Navarro-Prado

Sánchez-Ojeda

Martín-Salvador

et al. 2020

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One of the most representative symptoms during childbirth is pain, which is one of the most prominent concerns of pregnant women. There are different instruments to assess pain, all of which require interrupting the woman, thus interfering with the intimacy of childbirth. This study seeks to develop and validate a rating scale of the expression of childbirth pain that does not require the mother’s attention and respects her privacy during labor. The study was conducted at a regional hospital in a border town in southern Spain between November 2018 and September 2019. Scale items were developed following a review of the scientific literature, and experts judged the content validity. After a pilot test, the scale was psychometrically evaluated. The psychometric tests consisted of internal consistency analysis, exploratory factor analysis, and determination of the content, construct, and convergent validity. The scale was evaluated by 36 experts in the field and was then applied to 55 women during the active phase of childbirth. The final version of the Rating Scale of Pain Expression during Childbirth (in Spanish, Escala de Valoración de la Expresión del Dolor durante el Trabajo de Parto—ESVADOPA) consists of six items in two dimensions. The scale had a Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of 0.78, and the content validity measured by Aiken’s V co-efficient was also 0.78. The exploratory factor analysis yielded two dimensions that explained 68.08% of the total variance. For convergent validity, a comparison was made with the visual analogue scale, yielding a medium–high value of 0.641. As indicated by the internal consistency and by the content and construct validity outcomes, the ESVADOPA successfully measures pain expression during childbirth and represents a suitable tool for pain expression during birth without the need for intervention or the need for the mother to speak the same language as the midwife.

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Development and Validation of a Rating Scale of Pain Expression during Childbirth (ESVADOPA)

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Martín-Salvador

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“…Labour pain has been described as the worst possible pain known to mankind. It is more excruciating than cancer pain, phantom pain or toothache (Melzack et al, 1981;Melzack R, 1984;Bergh I et al, 2012). Labour results in severe pain for many women and seems to be the only "medically permissible" circumstance when severe pain is seen as acceptable ACOG Committee opinion #295.…”

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Survey of Current Practice of Labour Analgesia Among Obstetricians in Nigeria: Implications For Pain-free Labour Initiative.

Olaide¹,

Aliyu²,

Munirdeen³

et al. 2016

Sierra Leone j. biomed. res.

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Background: Labour pain has been described as the worst possible pain known to mankind. It is more excruciating than cancer pain, phantom pain or toothache. Failure to relieve pain of any cause has been regarded as a violation of fundamental human rights. This study aimed to evaluate the current obstetrics analgesia practice among physicians in Nigeria, identify constraints to the practice and recommend solutions to improve the provision of such service to parturients. Materials and methods:This descriptive cross-sectional questionnaire-based study on the availability and practice of intra-partum analgesia services was conducted among practitioners at the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology of 3 tertiary health institutions located in 3 of the 6 geopolitical zones of Nigeria. Results:Of the 120 questionnaires distributed to the participants, 81 (67.5%) of the respondents returned completed questionnaires. The age range of the respondents was 25-44 years with a mean age of 30.8 and a male to female ratio (M: F) of 1.7: 1. Majority of the respondents, 76 (93.8%) believed that intra-partum analgesia was important, epidural analgesia was the most known method of intra-partum analgesia by 86.4% of the participants and epidural analgesia was the most preferred, 61.7% of respondents. Majority of respondents, 66 (81.5%), did not have an institutional policy or protocol on intra-partum analgesia. Doctors working in the same centre responded differently to the questions in the distributed questionnaires; and this is suggestive of lack of departmental harmonisation of clinical practice in the form of Standard Operating Protocol on intra-partum analgesia. Conclusion:Although there is a high level of knowledge of intrapartum analgesia among physicians, inconsistencies in its practice exist within and between tertiary hospitals in Nigeria. Notable absence of institutional policies on intra-partum analgesia at the practice facilities of the respondents was also observed. conducted in 3 of the 54 tertiary health facilities in Nigeria. Thus, a similar study can be carried out at secondary and primary healthcare centres in order to obtain a more comprehensive attitude and practice of intra-partum analgesia among physicians in Nigeria

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“…Objectively, labor pain was assessed by visual analog scale (VAS). 5 Besides assistance, many other factors were reported playing role in affecting VAS in laboring mothers, such as: fear, age, gravida, parity, and education level. 6,7 However, other study gave different results: there were no significances between several assessed variables (age, parity, duration of stage II delivery, babies birth weight) and labor pain intensity.…”

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Assistance Influence on Labor Pain Level

Adjie

Putri

2016

Indones J Obstet Gynecol

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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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Reliability and validity of the Acceptance Symptom Assessment Scale in assessing labour pain

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References 31 publications

Development and Validation of a Rating Scale of Pain Expression during Childbirth (ESVADOPA)

Development and Validation of a Rating Scale of Pain Expression during Childbirth (ESVADOPA)

Survey of Current Practice of Labour Analgesia Among Obstetricians in Nigeria: Implications For Pain-free Labour Initiative.

Assistance Influence on Labor Pain Level

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