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Abstract

Background: Since time immemorial, difficulty in bringing forth an­other human being has been one of the greatest apprehensions women have to confront themselves with, as exemplified by cases of infant mortality and incidence of death among mothers due to giving birth in such an alarming rate. It can be noted that techniques to efficiently as­ sist the birthing process have become a prevalent trend. In connection with this, this study was conducted in the spirit of providing ample in­formation on a unique feedback method which is deemed to have a high probability in the improvement of the assisted birthing process. This determined the effectiveness of visual biofeedback in hastening stage II of labour of primiparous women administered with adjunct interven­ tion. Specifically, this study answered the question: Is there a difference in the length of stage II of labour between the control and experimental groups? The method consisted of a on-equivalent post-test design with twenty primiparous women distributed to both control and study groups chosen through purposive sampling. A 3 x 2 foot mirror to provide vis­ ual biofeedback (treatment), a stopwatch to measure the length of time elapsed from full cervical dilatation and effacement to the delivery of the baby, and a tally sheet for recording data were used in data gather­ ing. Results: The findings showed that the control group (not subjected to mirror) obtained a mean of I 8.92 (SD=7.17) while the experimental group (subjected to mirror) obtained a mean of 6. 77 with a mean differ­ ence of 12.15 (SD=S.24). The computed t- test value was 4.37, which was greater than the table value of 2.23 tested at the 0.05 level of sig­nificance. The results showed a significant difference in the duration of the second stage of labor, thus, the use of a mirror as a feedback mecha­ nism during the second stage of labor reduces its duration.

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