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Non-verbal nurse-parturient communication in labor in Portuguese-speaking countries

OBJECTIVE: to analyze nonverbal communication between nurse and parturient during the active phase of labor in two Portuguese-speaking countries. METHOD: a quantitative and analytical study, whose sample consisted of 709 interactions that used the nonverbal communication of nurses and parturients. T...

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Autores principales: Beserra, Gilmara de Lucena, de Oliveira, Paula Marciana Pinheiro, Pagliuca, Lorita Marlena Freitag, de Almeida, Paulo César, dos Anjos, Saiwori de Jesus Silva Bezerra, Pinheiro, Ana Karina Bezerra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto / Universidade de São Paulo 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6781356/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31596422
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1518-8345.3032.3193
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Sumario:OBJECTIVE: to analyze nonverbal communication between nurse and parturient during the active phase of labor in two Portuguese-speaking countries. METHOD: a quantitative and analytical study, whose sample consisted of 709 interactions that used the nonverbal communication of nurses and parturients. The analyzed variables were: distance; posture; axis; contact; emblematic gestures; illustrator gestures and regulatory gestures. For the analysis of the data, the Chi-Square and Likelihood Ratio tests were used. RESULTS: the intimate distance between nurse and parturient in both countries (p = 0.005) prevailed. In both, touch was the most commonly used form of contact (p <0.0001). In both countries, the parturient remained lying down (p <0.0001). In relation to the established contact (p <0.0001), the parturient did not use contact. The face-to-face axis predominated in the interactions in both countries between nurse-parturient (p <0.0001) and parturient-nurse (p <0.0001). CONCLUSION: similarities were observed in non-verbal communication between nurses and parturients in both countries. However, there are differences such as the established contact between Brazilian and Cape Verdean nurses to parturients.