background: the uterus and cervix are the primary sources of strong pain signals that go through the thoracic 10-lumbar 1 area (t10-l1) during labor due to the physiological processes involved in the delivery process.

Objective: the objective of the current study was to find out how effleurage massage therapy affected primiparas' labor pain severity. materials and methods: the design employed was a randomized control trial (rct). the consenting volunteers were first chosen in the labor of maternity and gynecology department of the district headquarters hospital in muzaffargarh, punjab, using non-probability convenient sampling. in the second phase, the cases or control group was chosen using a randomized procedure, sometimes known as the lottery method. the intervention group (n=70) and control group had equal representation. the three portions of the research questionnaire included visual analogue pain scale, who petrography, and sections on demographic and obstetric data. the university of health sciences in lahore, pakistan's ethical review committee granted the ethical permission. chi-square and the t-test were used to analyze the data and look into the effect.results: the mean labor pain score of the intervention group (3.40±0.77, 5.71±0.75 and 7.94±0.59) was lower than that of the control group (4.91±0.88, 7.74±0.70 and 9.57±0.50) at the 4-5cm, 6-7cm and 9-10cm dilatation, respectively, following the administration of effleurage massage treatment.conclusion: based on the results, it can be said that effleurage massage therapy significantly lessens the intensity of labor pain during the primipara phase.

index terms- labor pain, primipara,

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