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Effect of Snoezelen Room on Birth Process
Sponsor: Sakarya University
Summary
Aromatherapy, visual and auditory stimuli are used together in the Snoezelen room. Aromatherapy increases the production of endorphins, reduces the intensity of pain and distracts the attention from the pain. Music also blocks the transmission of nerve impulses to the spinal cord.Considering these effects, the study emerges as a new technology for the midwifery field in our country. Although the use of snoezelen rooms in the delivery environment is becoming increasingly widespread abroad, it has not been used in delivery services in any hospital in our country. The primary purpose of this study is to convert a room in the delivery room of the hospital into a Snoezelen room and have women complete their delivery process in this room, and the secondary purpose is to determine the effect of the Snoezelen room on the delivery process. The primiparous pregnant women selected for the intervention and control groups will be informed about the purpose of the study and the applications by the research midwife or gynecologist following the birth and will be administered the "Pregnant Information Form", "Visual Analog Scale (VAS)", "Fear of Childbirth Scale", "Birth Comfort Scale", and after birth, the "Birth Information Form", "Birth Satisfaction Scale". The Beta Endorphin Level Recording Form will be filled out.
Official title: Effect of Snoezelen Room on Birth Process: a Randomized Controlled Study
Key Details
Gender
FEMALE
Age Range
18 Years - 45 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
104
Start Date
2025-01-11
Completion Date
2025-06-30
Last Updated
2025-05-22
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Snoezelen room
'Snoezelen room' is a meaning a room designed to stimulate people's senses. The history of the Snoezelen room dates back to people with mild or severe disabilities. It provides muscle relaxation for people with severe pain. This has become part of complementary medicine that promotes effective comfort and relaxation, which causes the release of endorphins and alleviates a person's capacity to cope with pain. The Snoezelen environment can be used to distract from pain by focusing on various senses, including visual and auditory. Describing multi-sensory therapeutic activity in a special room filled with stimuli that aim to stimulate all senses provides participants with feelings of relaxation and self-control (Nielsen, Overgaard, 2020; Jamshidi Manesh et. al., 2015; Anderson et. al.2011). In the study, the Snoezelen room was designed and the pregnant women in the intervention group will complete their labor in this room, while the control group will complete their labor in the
Locations (1)
Sakarya Training and Research Hospital, Maternity Campus
Sakarya, Turkey (Türkiye)