Proceedings of the 4th Borobudur International Symposium on Humanities and Social Science 2022 (BIS-HSS 2022)

The Effect of Acupressure on Length of Labor: A Literature Review

Authors
Aziza Vira Arunita1, *, Heni Setyowati Esti Rahayu1, Kartika Wijayanti1
1Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Muhammadiyah Magelang, Magelang, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: azizavira1803@gmail.com
Corresponding Author
Aziza Vira Arunita
Available Online 10 October 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-118-0_79How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Acupressure; Duration of Labor; First Stage of Labor
Abstract

Background: Prolonged labor is labor that lasts more than 24 hours for primiparas and more than 18 hours for multiparas. Long labor can occur either directly or indirectly. Prolonged labor can cause infection, fatigue, dehydration in the mother, and can cause postpartum hemorrhage which can cause maternal death. One way to prevent long labor nonpharmacologically is acupressure. Purpose: Conduct a literature review on the effect of acupressure on length of labor. Methods: The method used in this study was a literature review design by taking secondary data from Google Scholar using the keyword “the effect of acupressure on length of labor”, as many as 5 articles that met the inclusion criteria with the publication year range 2017 -2022. Result: There is an effect of acupressure on the length of labor with an average length of labor in the latent phase I stage < 6 hours and an average length of the active phase I stage < 6 hours. There was an increase in maternal contractions in the active phase I of labor with an average uterine contraction frequency of 5 times in 10 minutes. The LI4, SP6, BL67, BL311, BL32, and GB21 points can be used to speed up the duration of labor by pressing 15x in 15 minutes clockwise. Conclusion: Acupressure is proven to accelerate labor in the first stage of labor as evidenced by 5 articles showing p value = <0.05.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 4th Borobudur International Symposium on Humanities and Social Science 2022 (BIS-HSS 2022)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
10 October 2023
ISBN
978-2-38476-118-0
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-118-0_79How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2024 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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