effect of deep breathing relax technique on labor pain intensity in the active phase

Abstract

Labor pain is a combination of physical pain due to myometrial contractions accompanied by stretching of the lower segment of the uterus fused with the psychological condition of the mother during labor. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of deep breathing relax technique on labor pain intensity in the active phase. Quasi-experimental Research Design with pre and post test without control. The sample in this study were 16 people. Sampling with purposive sampling method. The results of the research distribution of respondents before Deep Breathing Relax was mostly felt severe pain and after being given Deep breathing relax treatment most respondents experienced moderate to mild pain with a paried t test value of P = 0.000 < ? 0.05 thus there is an effect of deep breathing relax technique on labor pain intensity in the active phase.