Effect of Doula in Nulliparas and Multiparas

Analgesic Efficacy of Doula in Nulliparous and Multiparous Women

Psychological care during labor is considered as an important supplemental procedure for alleviating delivering stress and pain. Although Doula has been recommending that should be given for parturients, its precise effect on nulliparous and multiparous women is still unknown. The investigators hypothesized that multiparas had experienced the process of labor, but the nulliparas were not, so Doula support would produce different effect on these two population.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy term parturients
• Chinese
• 19-45 years

Exclusion Criteria:

• Organic dysfunction
• Participants younger than 19 years or older than 45 years
• Those who were not willing to or could not finish the whole study at any time
• Pregnancy-induced hypertension and diabetes mellitus