This study aimed to evaluate the effect of respiration and relaxation techniques on pain and anxiety during labor. Seventeen parturients (Control Group--CG) received routine care and nineteen (Experimental Group--EG) were orientated and stimulated to perform respiration and relaxation techniques. Pain was evaluated by means of the visual analogy scale and anxiety by means of the anxiety inventories--trait and state. Pain intensity increased along with the evolution of the delivery for both groups. In the latent phase, anxiety levels were low for both groups; in the active phase, levels were average for CG and low for EG. In the transition phase, levels were average and, in the immediate post-labor phase, low for both groups. It was concluded that the techniques used did not reduce pain intensity, but provided EG with lower anxiety levels for a longer time during labor.
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Almeida, N. A. M., de Sousa, J. T., Bachion, M. M., & Silveira, N. de A. (2005). The use of respiration and relaxation techniques for pain and anxiety relief in the parturition process. Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, 13(1), 52–58. https://doi.org/10.1590/s0104-11692005000100009
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