Background: Labor pain is the most severe pain a woman might ever experience in the life. Severity
of pain psychologically affects a mother and may lower the confidence, self-esteem and increase
duration of labor. Aim: to evaluate the effect of Lamaze technique on labor pain and women’s
satisfaction during first stage of labor. Design: A Quasi-experimental study design. Setting: The
study was conducted at obstetrics and gynecological out-patient clinic and labor unit of obstetrics
and gynecological department affiliated to Benha University Hospital. Sample: A purposive sample
of 140 pregnant women divided randomly into two groups. Tools of data collection: five tools were
used: A structured interviewing questionnaire sheet, Numeric Pain Rating Scale, Partograph, Apgar
score and Woman's Satisfaction scale. Results: The result of current study showed that there was no
statistically significant difference between both groups regarding intensity of labor pain score during
first stage of labor before applying of Lamaze technique while, there was a reduction of intensity of
labor pain score among study group compared to control group during the first stage of labor after
practicing the Lamaze technique with a highly statistically significant difference between both
groups. Also, indicated that there were more than three quarters of studied women were satisfied
with applying Lamaze technique compared to more than one fifth of them were unsatisfied.
Conclusion: applying Lamaze technique during first stage of labor had a positive effect on
enhancing labor pain and increasing women’s satisfaction. Recommendation: brochures regarding
Lamaze breathing exercise should be available at outpatient clinics and obstetrics and gynecology
departments for all pregnant women.
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