Effectiveness of Social Support during Labour on Behavioural Response among Primi Mothers

The study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of Social support on behavioural responses of primi mothers during labour in experimental and control group.

A social support scale is used for this study to assess the effect of social support and behavioural responses of the women in labour which consists of 3 sections:

1. Baseline data

2. Numerical pain intensity scale to assess the behavioural response during labour.

3. Social support scale to assess the effect of social support of women at labour.

The following conclusions were draw from the study findings. The level of numerical pain scale of primimothers in the experimental group is lower after the intervention by giving social support, The level of social support is effective among primimothers in the experimental group by giving the intervention, There is no there is no significant association between the behavioural response with selected demographic data other than the social supporter and the chi square value is 0.002 and the relationship to the mother the chi square value is 0.002. The results clearly indicate that there is significant association between the behavioural response and the social supporter and the relationship to the mother.