Title
Impact of massage therapy in managing pain among antenatal mothers
Authors
S. Vijayabanu1, Karthika Devi Mariappan2 , D. Kowsalya 3, S. SanthanaPriya4, S. Saravanan5, G. Ramani6, S. Nandakumar3, G. Ramalakshmi7 & P. Jamunarani3,*
Affiliation
1Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, K.G. college of Nursing, Coimbatore, The Tamilnadu DR. M.G.R Medical University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; 2Department of Paediatric Nursing, Sri Ramachandra Faculty of Nursing, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Porur, Chennai, India; 3Department of Psychiatric Nursing, KMCH College of Nursing, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India; 4Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecological Nursing KMCH College of Nursing, Coimbatore, The Tamilnadu DR. M.G.R Medical University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; 5Department of Psychiatric Nursing , Sri Gokulam College of Nursing, Salem, The Tamilnadu DR. M.G.R Medical University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; 6Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Kongunadu College of Nursing, Coimbatore, The Tamilnadu DR. M.G.R Medical University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; 7Department of Community health Nursing, College of Nursing, S.G.R.R University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India; *Corresponding author
S. Vijayabanu - E-mail: vijisidha@gmail.com
Karthika Devi Mariappan - E-mail: karthika@sriramachandra.edu.in
D. Kowsalya - E-mail: kowsalyadevaraj03@gmail.com
S. Santhana Priya - E-mail: jriyarobi@gmail.com
S. Saravanan - E-mail: saravanan7@rocketmail.com
G. Ramani - E-mail: ramani9411@gmail.com
S. Nandakumar - E-mail: vijaynandu84@gmail.com
G. Ramalakshmi - E-mail: ramalakshmibazla@gmail.com
P. Jamunarani - E-mail: jamunarani@kmchcon.ac.in
Article Type
Research Article
Date
Received September 1, 2026; Revised September 30, 2026; Accepted
September 30, 2026, Published September 30, 2026
Abstract
Antenatal mothers commonly experience severe pain during the first stage of labour, which may affect maternal comfort and the childbirth experience. A quasi-experimental non-equivalent control group pre- and post-test study was conducted among 60 antenatal mothers at a selected hospital in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, with 30 mothers in the experimental group receiving olive oil massage therapy and 30 in the control group receiving routine care. Before the intervention, 53.33% of mothers in both groups had severe pain. After olive oil massage, none of the mothers in the experimental group reported severe pain, whereas 36.66% in the control group continued to experience severe pain. Thus, data shows that olive oil massage therapy effectively reduces labour pain and may be integrated as a simple, safe and supportive non-pharmacological intervention during the first stage of labour.
Keywords
Olive oil massages therapy, labour pain, antenatal mothers, first stage of labour, pain management
Citation
Vijayabanu et al. Bioinformation 22(9): 6019-6023 (2026)
Edited by
P Kangueane
ISSN
0973-2063
Publisher
License
This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
