title: [Prenatal stimulation: results in the peripartum period].
abstract: During pregnancy, the prolonged stress and worry felt by mothers can alter the development and function of the right brain hemisphere. For this reason, importance is given to prenatal stimulation programs for pregnant women.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To determine the perinatal results in the moment of childbirth in mothers who had participated in prenatal stimulation programs.
  
  
  METHODS
  An experimental study was conducted in five health districts in the town of Cienfuegos (Cuba) with a view to identifying the perinatal results at the moment of childbirth in women that had participated in prenatal stimulation programs.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study consisted of an intentional sampling of all of the subjects (n = 200 women who were 20-28 weeks pregnant). The variables studied were the following: duration of labor, baby's birth weight, Apgar score at birth, type of childbirth, and opinion of the subjects about the prenatal stimulation program.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the population sample, 36% of the subjects gave birth in less than six hours; 67.5% had babies weighing 2,500-3,000 grams; and 96.5% had babies whose Apgar scores were between 8 and 9. Finally, 68.5% of the subjects had natural childbirths and 96% were satisfied with the prenatal stimulation program.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results obtained showed that these new prenatal stimulation programs were well received by the subjects in this study.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermería, Universidad de Granada, Granada, España. mariajaguilar@telefonica.net
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Aguilar Cordero
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vieite Ravelo
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Padilla López
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mur Villar
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rizo Baeza
authors.forename: C I
authors.initials: CI
authors.lastname: Gómez García
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D001034:Apgar Score; D001724:Birth Weight / Q000502:physiology; D003462:Cuba; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D010812:Physical Stimulation; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011295:Prenatal Care / Q000379:methods*