title: Pain during the labor active phase: the effect of walking.
abstract: This study aimed to verify whether the distance walked is correlated with women's pain level throughout the active phase of labor.
  
  
  METHODS
  We realized an analytic, quasi-experimental intervention study. Study participants were 80 primiparous parturient women, who were admitted during spontaneous labor, with 37-42 weeks, at the start of the active phase.
  
  
  METHODS
  Spearman's correlation test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  the parturient women walked an average distance of 1,624 meters, 63.09% of the active phase of labor and during an average time of five hours. Pain scores increase along with the advance in cervical dilatation. However, we only found a significant positive correlation when 5cm of dilatation had been reached, that is, the more distance the participants walked, the higher the pain scores they reached.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, WHO Collaborating Center for Nursing Research Development, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil. famamede@eerp.usp.br
authors.forename: Fabiana Villela
authors.initials: FV
authors.lastname: Mamede
authors.forename: Ana Maria
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: de Almeida
authors.forename: Luiz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: de Souza
authors.forename: Marli Villela
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Mamede
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D048949:Labor Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D011247:Pregnancy; D016138:Walking