The Effect of Giving Date Palm Juice on the Duration of the First Stage of Labor in Sele Be Solu Hospital, Sorong City

Abstract

The maternal mortality rate (MMR) in the world in 2017 is 216 per 100.00 live births and 99% of them are due to childbirth problems in Indonesia. One of the causes of maternal mortality in Indonesia is prolonged labor. The labor process requires optimal energy and stamina. One intake of energy/nutrition for childbirth is Date Palm juice, a mixture of 100 grams of dates with ± 200 cc of water blended using a blender. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of dates palm juice on the duration of the first stage of labor in Sele Be Solu Hospital in Sorong City.

Is oral consumption of dates (Phoenix dactylifera L. fruit) in the peripartum period effective and safe integrative care to facilitate childbirth and improve perinatal outcomes: a comprehensive revised systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis

“… Abbreviations : ~ Estimated, ↑ Higher, more, severe, or longer, ↓ Less or shorter, APGAR score Appearance, pulse, grimace, activity, and respiration, C Comparison arm, CD Cervical dilation, C/S Cesarean section delivery, cm Centimeters, d Day(s), E Experimental arm, gr Grams, h Hour(s), Hb Hemoglobin, M Mean, min Minute(s), NICU Neonatal intensive care unit, N/S Not significant, n.r Not reported, PPH Postpartum haemorrhage, RCT Randomized controlled trial, RoB Risk of bias, SD Standard deviation, Sig. Significantly, W Week(s) Note 1: Studies are ordered considering the dates consumption time and their publication date Note 2: The experimental group received routine care in all studies except the study of Zaher et al (2021) [ 34 , 36 ] † Ripening stages of dates include: 1) Hababou (Hababouk): whitish-cream color develops within four weeks after pollination; 2) Kimri: greenish color with hard texture; 3) Khalal: yellowish color; 4) Bisir: color becomes yellow, purplish to reddish; 5) Rutab: fruit becomes more soften and sweeter; and 6) Tamer: dark brown color with a soft texture and highest sweetness[ 96 ] †† The outcomes were measured with vaginal examinations, Bishop scoring system (i.e., rating of five components including cervical dilatation, effacement, position, consistency, and fetal station), labor partograph, a 0-10 pain rating scale, haemometer, weighting postpartum blood pad, pictorial blood loss assessment chart (PBLAC), or observation. ††† Outcomes in the experimental arm compared to the comparison arm, except in the study of Aminah & Purwaningsih (2019) [ 91 ] †††† In the comparison arm compared to the experimental arm a The Cochrane’s Risk of Bias (RoB) in Non-randomized Studies-of Interventions (ROBINS-I) tool: 1) Low: the study is considered to be at low RoB for all domains; 2) Moderate: the study is judged to be at low or moderate RoB for all domains; and 3) Serious: the study is assumed to be at serious RoB in at least one domain, but not at critical RoB in any domain.…”

“…Note 2: The experimental group received routine care in all studies except the study of Zaher et al (2021) [ 34 , 36 ]…”

“…Two publications had the same participants [ 62 , 63 ]; hence, we excluded one with a smaller sample size from the meta-analysis [ 62 ]. Besides, the meta-analysis did not include eight other studies because they reported only categorical data ( n = 6) [ 32 , 33 , 36 , 37 , 81 , 84 ] or did not report the SDs ( n = 2) [ 60 , 61 ]. Alao, meta-analysis was not performed on two non-RCTs that reported the effectiveness of dates consumption during late pregnancy in reducing total labor duration [ 39 , 77 ], considering the insufficient ESs.…”