TY - JOUR JF - Yafteh JO - yafte VL - 10 IS - 3 PY - 2008 Y1 - 2008/10/01 TI - The effect of water birth on the duration of labor and pain level in comparision with land birth TT - تاثیر زایمان در آب بر طول مدت زایمان و میزان درد در مقایسه با زایمان به روش متداول N2 - Akbari S1, Rashidi N2, Changavi F3, Janani F3, Tarrahi MJ4 1. Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran 2. GP, Khorramabad, Iran 3. Instructor, Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran 4. Instructor, Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Health, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran Abstract Background: Due to the objectives of the World Health Organization and ministry of health concerning decreasing the rate of cesarean section, elective cesarean substitutes have to be investigated. Consequently, this study tried to evaluate the effect of water birth as a vaginal delivery method without the physician intervention on decreasing the pain level and the labor duration. Materials and methods: This clinical trial study was carried out on 100 G1 and G2 pregnant women of 38 to 42-week pregnancy referring to Assalian Clinic. The samples were divided into two 50-member groups undergoing either water birth or land birth. The labor duration, as well as the pain level were evaluated and analyzed statistically using Chi-Square, Kruskal-Wallis test, and Mann-Whitney test, and the p SP - 39 EP - 46 AU - Akbari, soheila AU - Rashidi, nosratollah AU - Changavi, farahnaz AU - Janani, fatemeh AU - Tarrahi, mohammad javad AD - KW - Water birth KW - Land birth KW - Pregnancy KW - Duration of labor UR - http://yafte.lums.ac.ir/article-1-88-en.html ER -