摘要：Introduction: Labo ur pain, though physiological, is an impulse pro ducing st ress react ions and adverse physical, mental and emot ional sequelae in t he bod y. Knowing the factors influencing the intensity of p ain feeling, activities aimed at easing t he pain can be applied. There is a great variet y of strategies for coping wit h pain during labo ur. Parents can cho ose between p harmaco logical and natural metho ds, which are presently growing in po pularit y. Parents can ease the pain by means of d ifferent strategies o f pain coping. Purpose: To analyse d ifferent strategies for pain co ping used in labo ur. Materials and methods: The st udy was carried out in the Department of Gynaecolog y and Obstet rics o f the J. Sniadecki District Ho spit al in Bialystok with a group of 164 patients during labo ur, using t he questionnaire of pain coping strategies-CSQ, and visual analogue scale-VAS, which evaluat es the int ensity of pain. Results: In the gro up of patient s examined, the mo st frequent ly used strategies of pain coping were declaration of coping and prayer/ hope. These methods caused st atist ically significant influence o n the decrease of t he int ensit y of pain felt during labour stages I and II. The efficiency o f the level of pain control and the possib ilities for its reduct ion in labour were reported as average. Conclusions: Our results give gro unds to assu me that psycho log ical t reat ment can be helpful during labour. The conscious app lication of pain coping st rategies can significantly improve patients' st ates of mind during labour, change patients' attitudes towards labour and induce co-responsibilit y for labour progression
关键词：Pain contro l; pain cop ing strategies; ;labour pain
