MATCHING Many Women Seek Alternative or Complementary Pain Relief During Labor

question 29

Multiple Choice

MATCHING
Many women seek alternative or complementary pain relief during labor to delay or avoid pharmacologic or invasive therapies. Evidence regarding the use of these modalities has been sparse, and so they remain underutilized. Published reviews of the best-known therapies identified the benefits of each modality for the woman in labor. Please match the alternative modality with the correct research finding.

-Less pain intensity,decreased use of analgesia,fewer instrumental births.

• A)Walking
• B)Massage
• C)Acupuncture
• D)Water immersion
• E)Aromatherapy

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Definitions:

Door-In-The-Face Technique

A persuasion method where a large, unattainable request is made first with the expectation of getting a person to agree to a much smaller request.

All-Expense-Paid

A type of arrangement or offer where all costs associated with the activity or service are covered, requiring no additional payment from the participant.

Hinting

The act of subtly suggesting or indicating something without explicitly stating it.

Impossible Figures

Optical illusions or drawings that create a perceptual paradox, appearing feasible at first glance but are impossible to exist in three-dimensional space.