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Internet-Based Study To Examine Pain In Childbirth.(www.laborpain.org)(www.labourpain.org)
2001 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women in the throes of childbirth have tried everything from drugs to lying on tennis balls to lessen labor pain. But which methods work best? It's a question health psychologists are hoping to answer with a new study of pain in childbirth.
The researchers involved with this Internet-based project (www.laborpain.org or www.labourpain.org) are hoping to enroll thousands of women who have given birth or women who are pregnant.
"The beauty of this procedure is that there are no limits on how many people can participate," says lead researcher Christopher France, a professor of health psychology at Ohio University. France is collaborating on the project with William Schmidt, an assistant professor of psychology at State University Of New York-Buffalo, and Janis France, an assistant research professor at Ohio University.
While this study isn't the first to explore pain during childbirth, it is the first that will enroll women from around the globe via the Internet. The research project is open to women of any age who have given birth or who currently are pregnant.
An online survey queries mothers and mothers-to-be about various pain control techniques, including breathing exercises, epidurals and other pain-relieving medications, distraction techniques, meditation and a host of other mechanisms often used to control pain during labor ...
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