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Inventi Impact: Nursing Research

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  • Inventi:hnr/19171/16
    Spousal Presence as a Nonpharmacological Pain Management during Childbirth: A Pilot Study
    01-Jan-1970 Research 2016 : April - June
    Abigail U Emelonye, Taina Pitkaaho, Katri Vehvilainen-Julkunen

    Background.Measures of spousal effect during parturient pain should take a tripartite approach involving the parturients, spouses,\nand midwives. Aim. To develop and validate three questionnaires measuring spousal presence in management of parturient\npain in Nigeria. Methods. There are two phases: (1) development of questionnaires, Abuja Instrument for Midwives (AIM),\nAbuja Instrument for Parturient Pain (AIPP), and Abuja Instrument for Parturient Spouses (AIPS), utilizing literatures, Kuopio\ninstrument for fathers (KIF) and expertise of health professionals, and (2) pilot study to validate the questionnaires which were\nadministered in two hospitals in Nigeria: midwives (

    How to Cite this Article
    CC Compliant Citation: Abigail U. Emelonye, Taina Pitkaaho, and\nKatri Vehvilainen-Julkunen, â??Spousal Presence as a\nNonpharmacological Pain Management during Childbirth: A Pilot\nStudy,â? Nursing Research and Practice, vol. 2015, Article ID\n932763, 7 pages, 2015. doi:10.1155/2015/932763, http://\ncreativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/.
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