Open AccessThe Effects of Intrapartum Supportive Care on Fear of Delivery and Labor Outcomes: A Single-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial
Author(s) -
Gözde Gökçe İşbir,
Pınar Serçekuş
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the journal of nursing research/the journal of nursing research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.537
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1948-965X
pISSN - 1682-3141
DOI - 10.1097/jnr.0000000000000129
Subject(s) - randomized controlled trial , medicine , anxiety , intervention (counseling) , pregnancy , labor pain , nursing , psychiatry , surgery , biology , genetics
Supportive care during labor, the primary role of intrapartum nurses and midwives, provides comfort to prepartum women and helps facilitate a positive labor experience. It has been argued that supportive care during labor reduces fear and anxiety as well as the resultant side effects. However, evidence supporting this argument is insufficient.