ObjectiveTo compare and analyze the effects of electrical acupoint stimulation versus intraspinal anesthesia on multipara delivery ache and labor. MethodsA total of 400 multipara were selected, who were in the active stage of labor, and they were assigned to electrical acupoint stimulation group (observation group) and intraspinal anesthesia group (control group) according to methods of delivery analgesia, with 200 cases in each group. The VAS scores in various time points, labor duration, incidence of amniotic fluid contamination, bleeding condition 2 h after delivery of puerpera, and 1- and 5-minute postnatal Apgar scores of newborns were compared between the two groups. ResultsThe VAS scores in the uterus orifice active stage and the second labor significantly decreased in both groups as compared with before analgesia, and the scores mentioned above of the observation group were higher than those of the control group (all P＜0.05). The observation group yielded shorter active stage of the first labor, and duration of the second and third labor as compared with the control group, whereas a lower incidence of amniotic fluid contamination, and less bleeding volume 2 h after delivery (all P＜0.05). There were no statistically significant differences in 1- and 5-minute postnatal Apgar scores of newborns between the two groups (all P＞0.05). ConclusionElectrical acupoint stimulation and intraspinal anesthesia can relieve multipara delivery ache; however, electrical acupoint stimulation has slighter effects on multipara uterine contraction as compared with intraspinal anesthesia, and the labor duration is prominently shorter, the incidence of amniotic fluid contamination is more decreased, and the postnatal bleeding is more reduced.

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