Effects of Abdominal Breathing on State Anxiety, Stress, and Tocolytic Dosage for Pregnant Women in Preterm Labor

Yu, Woo-Jeong; Song, Ju-Eun

doi:10.4040/jkan.2010.40.3.442

J Korean Acad Nurs. 2010 Jun;40(3):442-452. Korean.
Published online Jun 30, 2010.
https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2010.40.3.442

Original Article

Effects of Abdominal Breathing on State Anxiety, Stress, and Tocolytic Dosage for Pregnant Women in Preterm Labor

Woo-Jeong Yu,¹ and Ju-Eun Song²

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- ¹Registered Nurse, Department of Nursing, Dankook University Hospital, Cheonan, Korea.
- ²Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Dankook University, Cheonan, Korea.
Address reprint requests to: Song, Ju-Eun. Department of Nursing, Dankook University, Anseo-dong, Cheonan 330-714, Korea. Tel: 82-41-550-3987, Fax: 82-41-550-3888, Email: songje@dankook.ac.kr

Received April 20, 2010; Accepted June 15, 2010.

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of abdominal breathing on state anxiety, stress and tocolytic dosage for pregnant women in preterm labor.

Methods

The participants were 60 pregnant women in preterm labor who were hospitalized from April to July, 2009. Thirty participants were assigned to the experimental group and 30 to the control group. None of them had any other complications except preterm labor. The modified Mason's breathing technique was used with the experimental group 3 times a day for 3 days. Data were collected using a self-report questionnaire and chart review, and analyzed with the SPSS 13.0 WIN program.

Results

"State anxiety of the experimental group will be lower than that of the control group" was supported. "Stress of the experimental group will be lower than that of the control group" was supported. "The Ritodrine dosage for the experimental group will be lower than that of the control group" was supported. "The Atosiban dosage for the experimental group will be lower than that of the control group" was supported.

Conclusion

These results indicate that abdominal breathing is an effective nursing intervention for pregnant women in preterm labor.

Keywords

Breathing; Preterm labor; Anxiety; Stress; Tocolytics

Figures

Figure 1
Research design.

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Figure 2
Research framework.

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Figure 3
Changes in state anxiety score.

Exp=experimental group; Con=control group.

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Figure 4
Changes in preterm labor stress score.

Exp=experimental group; Con=control group.

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Tables

Table 1
Abdominal Breathing (1 set)

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Table 2
Homogeneity Test of General Characteristics between Two Groups (N=60)

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Table 3
Homogeneity Test of State Anxiety and Stress between Two Groups (N=60)

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Table 4
Differences in Dependent Variables between Two Groups (N=60)

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Table 5
Differences in Amount of Atosiban between Two Groups (N=13)

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Notes

This article is a revision of the first author's master's thesis from Dankook University.

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