EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY OF MASSAGE THERAPY IN PAIN MANAGEMENT OF VAGINAL DELIVERY

Abstract

Objective: to identify the effectiveness and efficiency of massage therapy in pain management of vaginal delivery.

 

Methods: This article was review article which will review several article from several databased to answer the clinical question. The clinical question was “how is the effectiveness and efficiency of massage therapy for pain management during vaginal delivery process?. Advence search technique was used during searching the articles in Cochrane library, Ovid medline, EBSCO, and Pubmed. “Massage therapy or massageâ€,  “spontaneous or vaginalâ€, “delivery or labor or childbirthâ€, “pain management or pain manageâ€, “pain scaleâ€,  “anxietyâ€,  and “family participation†was used as keywords to searching in those databased.

 

Results: four articles were found. However only three articles which suitable to answer the clinical question. The tittle of those articles were “Effects of massage on pain and anxiety during labour: a randomized controlled trial in Taiwanâ€, “Effect of massage therapy on severity of pain and outcome of labor in primiparaâ€, and “Massage or music for pain relief in labour: A pilot randomised placebo controlled trialâ€.

 

Conclusion: Massage therapy is more effective and efficiency reduces pain on stage 1 of vaginal delivery when combined with standard care (breathing therapy).