Findings
No significant difference was found between the intervention group and the control group in terms of sociodemographic and obstetric characteristics (p > 0.05) (Table 1). VAS-2 (4-5 cm cervical dilatation) (p = 0.001), VAS-3 (6-7 cm cervical dilatation) (p = 0.003), and VAS-4 (8-9 cm cervical dilatation) (p < 0.001) scores of the intervention group were found to be significantly lower than those of the control group. No significant difference was found between the groups in terms of labor duration (p = 0.805) (Table2).
Total comfort score (p = 0.044) and relaxation (p = 0.027) comfort levels of the intervention group at 8-9 cm cervical dilatation were determined to be significantly higher in comparison to the control group (Table 3).
It is seen in Table 4 that there is a negative correlation between state anxiety level and labor comfort in both groups. It was determined that as the state anxiety level found at 6-7 cm cervical dilatation increased, labor comfort level at 8-9 cm cervical dilatation decreased (p < 0.05).