This paper is published in Volume-7, Issue-5, 2021
Area
Nursing
Author
Joylet Paulian, Dr. Arzta Sophia R., Dr. Santhi Appavu
Org/Univ
Apollo College of Nursing, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Pub. Date
04 September, 2021
Paper ID
V7I5-1163
Publisher
Keywords
Doula, Doula Care, Parturients, Anxiety, Labour Outcome

Citationsacebook

IEEE
Joylet Paulian, Dr. Arzta Sophia R., Dr. Santhi Appavu. Effectiveness of Doula care on anxiety and labor outcome among parturients, International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, www.IJARIIT.com.

APA
Joylet Paulian, Dr. Arzta Sophia R., Dr. Santhi Appavu (2021). Effectiveness of Doula care on anxiety and labor outcome among parturients. International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, 7(5) www.IJARIIT.com.

MLA
Joylet Paulian, Dr. Arzta Sophia R., Dr. Santhi Appavu. "Effectiveness of Doula care on anxiety and labor outcome among parturients." International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology 7.5 (2021). www.IJARIIT.com.

Abstract

Pregnancy is a natural event, speculated to be of celebration and joy. But anxiety and fear about childbirth often inhibit most women from enjoying this childbirth experience. Supportive measures involve continuous support during labor by doula and doula care is effective in these situations to reduce anxiety. This study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of doula care on anxiety and labor outcome among parturients in Kanyakumari, India. Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study, conducted among 30 primi parturients who were selected using consecutive sampling techniques, in 2021 in Kanyakumari, India. The tools used for data collection was interview schedule composed of demographic and obstetrical variables, anxiety scale, and labor outcome checklist. Collected data is entered in Excel and analyzed in SPSS 20 using appropriate descriptive (f,%) and inferential statistics (Independent ‘t’ test). Results: Regarding anxiety pretest anxiety scores did not differ significantly between the experimental and control group (p=1.000). After doula care, in the post-test, there was a significantly low anxiety level in the experimental group as compared to the control group (P & lt; 0.001). Conclusion: Doula care is effective in the reduction of anxiety and promotes labor outcomes during childbirth.