Research on availability and use of labour pain relief with methods of conventional and complementary medicine

Porodna bolečina je pomemben dejavnik vsakega poroda, saj lahko vpliva na njegov potek. Nabor metod, ki to bolečino lajšajo, je precej širok, zato se diplomska naloga osredotoča na to, za katere metode se porodnice odločijo, kje se o njih informirajo, na čigavo priporočilo jih dejansko uporabijo in kako so z njimi zadovoljne. Informacije o tem so bile pridobljene s pomočjo ankete med mladimi mamicami, pri čemer smo ugotovili, da se porodnice najpogosteje odločijo za lajšanje porodne bolečine zgolj z nefarmakološkimi sredstvi, redkeje uporabijo kombinacijo s farmakološkimi sredstvi ali samo farmakološka sredstva. V primerjavi z metodami uradne medicine se komplementarna medicina uporablja redkeje. Metode komplementarne medicine se skoraj vedno kombinirajo z nefarmakološkimi metodami uradne medicine, nikoli pa s farmakološkim sredstvi uradne medicine. Porodnice informacije iščejo s pomočjo različnih virov, najpogosteje je to šola za starše, pobudo za dejansko uporabo dajo največkrat same. V večini primerov so z uporabljenimi metodami zadovoljne.Labour pain is an important factor with every birth, as it can influence the process of giving birth to a child. There are numerous methods of labour pain relief and this research is focused on what methods women in labour choose, where they get informed about them, who introduces the methods to them and how satisfied they are with the applied methods. Information has been collected through a survey among young mothers. It has been discovered that women in labour most frequently choose non-pharmacological means of labour pain reliefrarely they use a combination with pharmacological means and even less frequently they use only pharmacological means. Compared to methods of conventional medicine, complementary medicine is employed less often. Methods of complementary medicine are usually combined with nonpharmacological methods of conventional medicine, but never with pharmacological means of conventional medicine. Women in labour seek information through various sources, most frequently in schools for parentsthese methods are mostly applied on their own initiative. In most cases, women in labour are satisfied with the applied methods