Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Sakarya Tıp Dergisi, cilt.9, sa.2, ss.302-309, 2019 (Hakemli Dergi)
Objective Labor pain is a subjective experience that is affected not only by physiological factors but also by psychosocial, cultural and envorimental factors. The aim of this study is toassess and determine the perceptions and feelings of women towards labor pain. ( Sakarya Med J 2019, 9(2):302-309 )Materialsand MethodsThis study was designed cross-sectional. The population consisted of 300 women who came to Women Labor and Child Hospital for labor and had vaginal delivery. Onlywomen who had normal labor were included. "Survey form" and Visual Analog Scale were used to collect the data. It were used the descriptive statistics, independentsamples t-test and ANOVA in the evaluation of data.Results It was determined that 37.3% of women found to be difficult and terrifying in this study. 72.6% of the women stated that they received support during childbirth and theyreceived this support mostly from midwives. Primiparas women had significantly higher fear (p<0.001), panic (p<0.001), anxiety (p<.001), need for support and fear oflosing infant (p<0.05) than multiparasConclusion Women perceive intolerable labor pain, use different methods to cope and re more likely to receive support require the development of initiatives directed at them