Open AccessEvaluating the effectiveness of TENS for maternal satisfaction in laboring parturients – Comparison with epidural analgesia
Author(s) -
Rajesh Gupta,
Gaganjot Kaur,
Jasleen Kaur,
Sunil Chawla,
Sharan Kaur,
Keerat Kaur Kullar,
Seerat Aujla
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of anaesthesiology-clinical pharmacology/journal of anaesthesiology clinical pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 2231-2730
pISSN - 0970-9185
DOI - 10.4103/joacp.joacp_286_19
Subject(s) - medicine , ropivacaine , transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation , anesthesia , fentanyl , patient satisfaction , pain relief , vaginal delivery , pregnancy , surgery , alternative medicine , pathology , biology , genetics
Labor pain is one of the most severe pain that a woman experiences in her lifetime. Various methods are being used to relieve this pain and to achieve higher maternal satisfaction. One such technique is transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) that uses low-frequency electrotherapy. The aim of our study was to evaluate TENS by comparing it to an established labor analgesia technique, i.e., epidural analgesia in terms of maternal satisfaction.