title: Bubbles before birth.
abstract: When a spa bath was installed in the maternity unit of Osborne Park Hospital, a Quality Assurance survey was undertaken to try to identify any potential problems. At the same time a client satisfaction survey was conducted. The study highlighted many benefits to the client as an alternative method of pain management. At the same time no obvious problems were identified. However, due to lack of control of the many variables, and the absence of statistical analysis, no definite conclusions can be drawn from the study. Positive responses from clients encourage us to continue to offer the spa bath as a method of pain management. This is an area which begs research.
authors.affiliation: Osborne Park Hospital, W.A.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Johnston
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Wong
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001494:Baths; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control; D009721:Nurse Midwives; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011247:Pregnancy; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012189:Retrospective Studies