The Effect of Hypnopressure on Length of Labor at I-II Stage in Primigravida, Is It Possible?

Abstract

Background
The maternal mortality rate in the Central Java area of 0.30% is caused by the incidence of prolonged labor. One of the causes is that in the first stage of labor there are often obstacles or constraints which are caused by irregular contractions and the frequency of uterine contractions as well as the duration of inadequate uterine contractions so that the time of the first and second stages of labor is prolonged.
Objective
To determine the effect of the combination of hypnosis with acupressure at points LI4, SP6 and BL67 on the length of time I and II of labor in primigravida.
Methods
The design of this study used true experiments pretest-posttest with controlled group design. The study population was primigravida mothers inpartu in the area of Semarang City Health Center. The number of samples were 30 primigravida mothers in their mothers with a full-term gestational age, consisting of 15 hypnopressure groups and 15 control groups. Analysis data used Independent t- tests.
Results
There was a significant difference after being given treatment between the experimental groups compared with the control group. The results obtained p-value of 0,000 (? <0.05). Shortening of stage I and II in the hypnopressure group was 320.07 minutes shorter than in the control group 548.20 minutes.
Conclusions and Recommendations
There is an effect of giving hypnopressure to shortening the duration of labor when I-II (p-value <0.05). Hypnopressure can shorten the length of labor in stage I and II in primigravida. Hypnopressure technique can be used as an alternative intervention for first and second stage of labour process mothers.