BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Pain, which is an individual and multifactorial sensation associated or not to tissue injury, may be influenced by psychological, biological, socio-cultural and economic factors. There are scales and questionnaires which enable its location and measurement during labor. This study aimed at identifying the most frequent pain location during early active labor stage. METHODS: Clinical trial assessing 87 primiparous women with gestational age above 37 weeks, cervical dilatation between 4 and 5 cm, with adequate uterine dynamics for this labor stage. Participated in this study pregnant woman with spontaneous labor, not using drugs during this period and without associated risk factors; pain was evaluated with the body diagram for location and spatial distribution of pain during one labor stage. RESULTS: It was observed during early active labor stage that most patients have reported pain in the infra-pubic and lumbar region (78%), followed by infra-pubic (20%) or lumbar (2%) region alone. CONCLUSION: Pain during active labor stage with cervical dilatation from 4 to 5 cm was predominant in infra-pubic and lumbar regions.
Pain evaluation; Pain location; Physical therapy
