The role of therapeutic massage in alleviating pain during the active phase of labour: An integrative review

Kaja Krempl; Mirko Prosen

doi:10.14528/snr.2026.60.2.3317

Avtorji

Kaja Krempl Zdravilišče Radenci, Zdraviliško naselje 12, 9252 Radenci, Slovenija https://orcid.org/0009-0001-4917-5472
Mirko Prosen Univerza na Primorskem, Fakulteta za vede o zdravju, Katedra za zdravstveno nego, Polje 42, 6310 Izola, Slovenija https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9943-9037

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14528/snr.2026.60.2.3317

Ključne besede:

obvladovanje bolečine, porod, masaža, porodna bolečina, nefarmakološka metoda

Povzetek

Uvod: Porodna bolečina se obvladuje s farmakološkimi in nefarmakološkimi metodami. Nefarmakološke metode, kot je masaža, ne povzročajo stranskih učinkov, zato se je povečalo zanimanje porodnic za njihovo uporabo med porodom. Namen integrativnega pregleda literature je raziskati, ali je terapevtska masaža kot metoda lajšanja porodne bolečine v aktivni fazi poroda učinkovita.
Metode: Izveden je bil integrativni pregled literature. Raziskave smo marca 2023 iskali v bazah PubMed in ScienceDirect. Za iskanje smo uporabili kombinacijo Boolovih operatorjev in ključnih besed, in sicer labour, labor, childbirth, pain, effects, massage, active, active stage, active phase. Rezultate smo kritično ovrednotili z orodjem MMAT.
Rezultati: V pregled literature je vključenih osem randomiziranih kontroliranih raziskav. Šest raziskav ugotavlja zmanjšanje porodne bolečine v celotni aktivni fazi, ena pa zmanjšanje porodne bolečine le v enem delu aktivne faze. Le ena izmed raziskav ne ugotavlja vpliva masaže na porodno bolečino.
Diskusija in zaključek: Rezultate pregledanih raziskav je zaradi raznolikosti masažnih tehnik težko popolnoma primerjati. Glede na pozitivne učinke masaže na porodne izide bi bilo pomembno, da se jo vključuje v klinično prakso. V prihodnosti je treba izvesti več raziskav o vplivu masaže na porod.

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