Participants
Cephalopelvic, anxiety, labor 8) labor pain, pain, CPD
OBSTETRIC COMPLICATION, COMPLICATIONS, UTERUS, FETAL DISTRESS
The women were selected from the patients referring to the maternity ward of the hospital.The inclusion criteria included; 1) women's age range of 18–35 years, 2) primiparity, 3) single birth, 4) cephalic presentation with no Cephalopelvic Disproportion (CPD), 5) maternal age within the range of 38–42 weeks, 6) estimated fetal weight between 2500–4000 g according to Johnson's law or ultrasound after 32 weeks, 7) Spontaneous onset of labor 8) labor pain intensity of ≥ 3 based on the visual analog scale for pain (10 cm ruler), 9) no drug addiction during the past year, 10) no medical illnesses, 11) no obstetric complications, 12) no history of surgery on the uterus or cervix, 13) maternal oral temperature of < 38 °C, 14) no severe anxiety, 15) no lesion in the lumbar region.On the other hand, women with the following criteria were excluded from the study; emergency cesarean section, the use of oxytocin to induce or accelerate labor, the use of pain relief medication like narcotics, Entonox, or anesthesia, symptoms regarding fetal distress, disturbance in labor process, the observation of any possible complications related to infrared belt and those who were unwilling to continue their collaboration.In this study, out of 150 participants, 14 women were excluded from the study, including 5 patients in the infrared belt group(2 for receiving pethidine and Entonox, 2 for cesarean section due to fetal distress and lack of progress respectively, 1 for unwillingness to continue the intervention), 5 patients in the hot water bag group (2 for lack of progress and cesarean section, 1 for stopping the intervention, and 2 for receiving pethidine), and 4 women in the control group(3 for cesarean section due to fetal distress and lack of progress, 1 for receiving pethidine and Entonox).Eventually, the analysis was performed on the data obtained from 136 cases, including 45, 45, and 46 cases in the intervention 1, intervention 2, and control groups, respectively. The results of the study were compared before and after the intervention in the three groups.