# The Effect of Chewing Gum and Use of Stress Balls on Perception of Labor Pain, Fear of Birth, and Duration of Delivery

> **NCT05380258** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Kastamonu University** · enrollment: 96 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Labor Pain
- Birth Satisfaction
- Duration of Birth

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** stress ball
- **OTHER:** chewing gum

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT05380258
- **Lead sponsor:** Kastamonu University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2021-05-05
- **Primary completion:** 2021-06-05
- **Final completion:** 2022-06-05
- **Target enrollment:** 96 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2023-03-06


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05380258

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT05380258, "The Effect of Chewing Gum and Use of Stress Balls on Perception of Labor Pain, Fear of Birth, and Duration of Delivery". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT05380258. Licensed CC0.

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