title: Snoezelen Room and Childbirth Outcome: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  One of the strategies for a good outcome and pain free childbearing is to design the delivery room.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of snoezelen room on childbearing outcome such as pain intensity, duration of labor, and perinea status in nulliparous women.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study was a randomized controlled clinical trial consists of 100 childbearing women. They were randomly divided into 2 groups. The experimental group went to snoezelen room when their cervix dilation was 4 cm, while the control group went to physiologic delivery room with the same cervix dilation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean ± SD of VAS (Visual Analogue Scale) pain intensity of the experimental and control groups before the intervention were 5.1 ± 1.95 and 5.58 ± 1.62, respectively (P = 0.13). The mean ± SD of VAS pain intensity scores of the experimental and control groups after 3 hours spending in their assigned rooms were 5.26 ± 0.86 and 9.56 ± 1.48, respectively (P = 0.01). The mean ± SD of the first stage scores of the experimental and control groups were 6.95 ± 0.97 and 8.41 ± 0.67, respectively (P = 0.042). About 92% of participants' intervention vs. 66% of control participants had perinea laceration (P = 0.041).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  According to the findings of the present study, distracting senses in snoezelen room decreases mother's pain intensity, the length of labor, and incidence of episiotomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran ; Department of Reproductive Health, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahoud, Iran.
authors.forename: Mansoureh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jamshidi Manesh
authors.affiliation: Labor and Childbirth Ward, Akbar Abadi Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Mahnaz
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kalati
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics, School of Management and Medical Information, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Fatemeh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hosseini
keywords: Childbirth; Labor Onset; Labor Pain; Perinea Laceration; Snoezelen Room