European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine

Abstract

The concept of providing relief from pain has been tardy in acceptance, however experience has shown that providing pain relief during labour reduces maternal stress and results in shorter labours and improved maternal outcome.
Aim and Objectives : To compare the maternal and neonatal outcome of programmed labour protocol with the conventional labour.
Materials and Method : This was a prospective study done in the department of obstetrics and genecology of our tertiary care centre for period of one year,  50 uncomplicated primigravida at term (between 37-42 weeks) were included in the study and compared with 50 uncomplicated control group. The cases were selected at random from the women admitted in labour rooms for delivery. Cases were selected after following exclusion and inclusion criteria and approved by institutional ethical committee.
Results: The mean duration of active phase of I stage of labour in the study and the control group were 134.23 min (38.76hr) and 219.46 min (54.69 hr) respectively. Mean blood loss in the study group is 101.42ml, while in the control group it was 152.36ml and these variable were statistically significant. there was significant difference observed, in relief score between cases and controls. But we didn’t find any significant difference in the birth weight between the groups.
Conclusion : Programmed labour can be used as a safe and effective method of labour analgesia where there reduction in duration of labour and gives more relief to mother from pain.