Effectiveness of Lamaze Breathing on Labour pain among Primi Gravida Mothers at Selected Maternity Hospital, Hyderabad, Telangana.

An experimental study was conducted on "Effectiveness of Lamaze Breathing on Labour pain among primi gravida mothers at Maternity Hospital, Hyderabad, Telangana.The objective of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of Lamaze breathing on labour pain among primi gravida mothers in Interventional & Control group.A quantitative approach with quasi-experimental with post-test only control group research design was used to study the effectiveness of labour support measures on pain perception of mothers in labour.Sixty mothers in labour were selected by using simple random sampling technique and randomly assigned into two groups, i.e., Interventional group (n = 30) and control group (n = 30).A structured interview questionnaire, Visual analogue pains scale (VAPS) and verbal response questionnaire were administered to assess the effectiveness of Lamaze breathing.Intervention was given to the experimental group, i.e., Lamaze breathing was provided during the first stage of labour after 3cm of cervical dilatation.Post interventional pain perception was assessed by using Visual Analogue pain scale after that researcher administered Lamaze breathing technique to the mothers during labour.2 hours after the delivery the mother of the experimental group was assessed for Labour pain.There was a significant difference in experimental and the control groups.The findings of the study revealed that the mean score of labour pain in the experimental group was 2.87 0.571, whereas in the control group the mean score was 4.07 0.691.The obtained t value of 7.327 was greater than the table value of 2.019 at df = 58, which was statistically significant at p = 0.000 level.This clearly indicates that Lamaze breathing was effective in reducing labour pain among primigravida mothers in the Interventional group when compared to the control group.The study concluded that Lamaze breathing is an effective technique in reducing labour pain among primigravida mothers.