A study on influence of painless delivery on the maternal and neonatal outcomes: A hospital based study in Bihar

Abstract

labour is a normal physiological process which causes unbearable pain to mothers. There are many methods developed for painless labor, out of which epidural analgesia is one of the commonly followed. The current study aims to evaluate the influence of painless delivery by epidural analgesia on the maternal and neonatal outcomes. Material and Method: This was a hospital based prospective study conducted in Obstetrics and Gynecology department of Anugrah narayan magadh medical College and hospital , Gaya , Bihar. The study subjects were divided into 2 groups. The study group included pregnant patients who underwent for painless labor by epidural analgesia and the control group who were not given epidural analgesia. After applying inclusion and exclusion criteria, we could include 100 study and 100 control subjects. Informed consent was obtained from all the participants. Data was entered in SPSS software version 20, and analysis was done. A p-value<0.05 was considered to be statistically significant.