Utilização de práticas integrativas e complementares em saúde para alívio da dor no trabalho de parto

Abstract

Integrative and Complementary Health Practices (PICS) are conservative therapeutic methods, as in addition to the use of herbal medicine and exercises, they offer humanized care. PICs allow the parturient woman pleasant sensations that reach the brain and in turn make labor smoother, promoting a positive experience in the parturient-birth-pain relationship. The general objective of this study is to identify complementary integrative health practices that prevent pain during childbirth. As a method for carrying out the study, bibliographical research of the integrative literature review type was used, selecting scientific articles between the years 2015 and 2023, making use of the VHL database where it was possible to carry out a study subjectively, without the intention of quantifying a population for the study, but access to possible information on the topic addressed, with the descriptors integrative practices, pregnant women and labor pain. As a result, the 13 articles were considered of great relevance and are related to the following practices: body massages, aromatherapy, chromotherapy, Do-in, immersion bath, companion at the time of birth, acupuncture, hot spray bath, music therapy, the Swiss ball, hydrotherapy and breathing techniques. Thus, it is concluded that PICs are of fundamental importance in breaking negative paradigms about the pain of labor, promoting positive acceptance on the part of parturients, in addition to promoting relaxing and balanced moments at the time of birth.