The two groups were homogenous with
regard to all demographic and obstetrical
variables as analyzed by Chi-square and
Fishers exact test. Student “t” test was used
to compare the mean differences between
the two groups on the duration of second,
third stages of labor, the amount of blood
loss, the intensity of labor pain, quality
of Fetal Heart Rate patterns, quality of
maternal blood pressure and the Apgar
scores of the newborn at 1 and 5 minutes
of birth.
Reduced reporting of severe pain
among 16 (16%) of the participants in the
supported sitting group during the second
stage of labor as compared to the highest
number of the participants 58 (58%) in the
lithotomy position group who reported the
pain as very severe on the Visual Analogue
Pain Scale -100mm. The mean intensity of
labor pain scores were 80 mm among the
participants in the supported sitting group
versus 92mm in the lithotomy position