TITLE:
Level of Labor Pain, Level of Labor Pain Behaviors, and Cultural Pain Behaviors among First-Time Indonesian Muslim Mothers
AUTHORS:
Desmawati, Waraporn Kongsuwan, Warangkana Chatchawet
KEYWORDS:
Level of Labor Pain, Pain Behaviors, Cultural Pain Behaviors, Primiparous
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Vol.11 No.1,
January
22,
2021
ABSTRACT: Background: Many factors influence the expressions of pain in primiparous women
aside from contractions of the uterus. Objective: This study aimed to
describe the level labor pain, level of labor pain behaviors based on cultural
pain behaviors at 3 - 4 cm of cervical dilation or the beginning of the active
phase of labor among primiparous Muslim women in Indonesia. Methods: This was a study with 42 primiparous Muslim women who gave birth in the labor
room at Bhinneka Bhakti Husada Hospital and Community Health Center Pamulang,
Indonesia from June until January 2017. The women were asked to describe on a
100 mm Visual Analogue Scale the intensity of level of labor pain in their
abdomen during the last contractions at 3 - 4 cm of cervical dilation, and Pain
Behaviors Observation Scale to observe pain behaviors. Descriptive statistics
were used to analyze the data. Results: The findings showed that the
mean score of level of labor pain at 3 - 4 cm of cervical dilation was 86.38
(SD = 4.47) and most participants experienced high level of labor pain (97.6%).
The expression of cultural labor pain behaviors including saying praises to
Allah, Asma’aul husna, reciting the Qur’an, sholawat.