The Effect of The Use of The Birth Ball Method on Reducing Labor Pain : Literature Review

Abstract

Childbirth is a natural process. Discomfort, fear and pain are problems for mothers in the labor process. Pain in the first stage of active labor is severe pain with a longer time, therefore it is necessary to pay attention to handling pain in the first stage of labor. This review article aims to determine the decrease in pain scale in the first stage of labor using the Birth Ball method. The method used is a review article which is done by searching using Google Scholar. The keywords used are "Birth Ball", "Pain", Labor". Matched Google Scholar search _ with say key on 2017-2022 as much as 374 article . The inclusion criteria in this review article are journals or proceedings , at a minimum for bachelor, maternity spontaneous , full text . While the exclusion criteria are literature review, foreign language articles other than English and Indonesian . After criteria determined , there are 10 0 article . The results of this study all reviewed articles stated that there was a significant effect using the Birth Ball method on reducing pain in the first stage of labor. The use of the Birth Ball method was effective in reducing labor pain in the first stage.