Women's Health Nursing (여성건강간호학회지)
- Volume 14 Issue 3
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- Pages.196-204
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- 2008
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- 3022-7666(pISSN)
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- 3022-8247(eISSN)
Effects of Abdominal Breathing on Anxiety and Labor Time in Primipara Women
복식호흡이 초산부의 진통 중 불안과 분만소요시간에 미치는 효과
Abstract
Purpose: This study aimed to examine the effects abdominal breathing on anxiety and length of labor time in primipara women. Method: It was a quasi-experimental design with a non-equivalent comparison group, performed from October 11 to December 4, 2007. Thirty-six subjects who received pitocin and met the inclusion criteria were chosen by convenience sampling from the labor room of Y hospital located in Seoul. The intervention of abdominal breathing was 'four seconds of inhale, six seconds of exhale breathing method.' The abdominal breathing was carried out 30 times each when the uterine cervix was dilated