The effect of education on women’s knowledge about pain relief in labor

A new field of pain relief in labor has developed in Iran, that doing in some centers. They can reduce to cesarian by education of women and equipment of care centers. The purpose of this study is the effect of education on women knowledge to pain relief in labour, reffered to health centers.

In this study were 72 Evaluated women. That referred To health center in Rafsanjan. They were selected by a simple – random method to answered a questionnaire in two stages , based on personal information’s and their knowledge on pain relief of labor one before and one after the education, by gynecologist, finally the information’s were analyzed with t-test and chi-square.

This study showed that the level of knowledge before the education was low and little in 75% of women, and after education was increased medium to many in 66.7% of women.

We could increase the level of knowledge of women with equipment of care centers and the present glasses about pain relief in labor. We could reduce elective caesarian.