Abstract: Background: Labor is a special experience for mothers and families. Therefore, pain relief, reducing labor time, and satisfaction with the delivery are very important. Aim: to evaluate the effect of massage therapy on relieving labor pain, reducing labor duration and increase delivery satisfaction among parturient women. Research design: Randomized controlled trial. Settings: A study was carried out in labor ward at Maternity and children Hospital in Al Madinah Al Munawarh, Saudi Arabia. Sample: 60 parturient women were involved in this study. Participants were divided into two equal groups, 30 women on a massage group and 30 women on a control group and the study conducted from October 2020 to March 2021. Tools: The first instrument is an interviewing......
Key Word: labor pain, massage, labor duration, women's satisfaction, RCT
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