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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2009 Aug;15(8):863-70.
doi: 10.1089/acm.2008.0567.

The effect of guided imagery on the third stage of labor: a pilot study

Mavis N Schorn  1
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Randomized Controlled Trial

The effect of guided imagery on the third stage of labor: a pilot study

Mavis N Schorn. J Altern Complement Med. 2009 Aug.

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this pilot study was to test the effects of guided imagery on blood loss during the third stage of labor.

Design and setting: This was a three-group randomized controlled trial. Recruitment was conducted from a university nurse-midwifery practice.

Subjects: Sixty (60) women between pregnancy weeks 36 and 38 participated.

Interventions: The women were randomized into experimental, placebo, and control groups.

Outcome measures: Intrauterine pressure catheters were used to measure uterine contraction frequency and intensity. Blood loss was measured. Analysis of variance was used to compare the three groups on continuous variables.

Results: Complete data were collected on 41 subjects. No significant differences were found among the groups on demographic or potentially confounding variables.

Conclusions: Blood loss was nominally lower in the experimental group, but conclusions cannot be drawn due to the sample size.

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