A Study of Antenatal Mothers' Levels of Comfort in the Semi-Fowler's Position and the Supine Position during Non-Stress Tests | Original Article

ABSTRACT:

One of the most crucial aspects of non-stress testing is the mother's health. Correct maternal posture reduces the potential for test-related mistakes and false positives and hence should be included into practice recommendations. The method was quantitative, taking the form of an experiment. One hundred women in the semi-position fowler's group and one hundred women in the supine group were randomly chosen from the pool of pregnant women who were in the convenience sample. A non-stress testing was performed to measure the foetal biophysiological parameters at baseline, and the mother's level of comfort was measured using a Verbal Numeric Rating Scale. The findings show that foetal parameters change somewhat between the two orientations. The degree of comfort in the semi-posture fowler's is significantly correlated with that in the supine position (p< 0.05).