Effectiveness of Electronic Media Usage on Pain Relief Strategy during Labor

Abstract

            The purpose of this research was to explore the effectiveness of electronic media usage on the topic of pain relief strategy during active phase of labour among third year nursing students who practicing in Maternal and Newborn Nursing and Midwifery I. Twenty–five participants were selected by simple random sampling. The research instruments consisted of 2 parts, including 1) the experimental instrument, electronic media of pain relief strategy during labour and 2) the data collecting instrument consisted of personal data questionnaires, skill assessment form of pain relief during active phase of labour and satisfaction assessment form to electronic media. The content validity index of the instrument judged by the 3 experts was 0.89. The reliability of skill assessment form of pain relief during active phase of labour and satisfaction assessment form to electronic media tested using the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient were 0.84 and 0.81 respectively. Data were analyzed using the descriptive statistics and repeated–measures ANOVA.

             The results revealed that the mean scores of teaching skills on the topic of pain relief during labour among nursing students before using electronic media, after using for the first time and after using for the second time were 8.24 (S.D. = 0.32), 18.84 (S.D. = 0.44) and 26.64 (S.D. = 0.32), respectively. There were significantly different at least 1 pair (F = 731.09, df = 1.35, p < 0.001). The mean score of students’ satisfaction toward electronic media was at an excellent level (X ̅ = 3.84, S.D. = 0.32).

            Keywords: effectiveness, electronic media, Pain relief strategy during labour