OKEDELE DOYINSOLA DEBORAH

Nursing

At the Nursing department office

Appointment on Visitation important

#	Certificate	School	Year
1.	M.Sc (Maternal and Child health Nursing)	Ladoke Akintola University of technology	2024

Effect of Midwife Administration of Hyoscine-Butylbromide in Preventing Prolonged Labour among Primigravidal Women in Ogbomoso Oyo-State, Nigeria

Prolonged labour increases risk of maternal fatigue, postpartum haemorrhage, sepsis, and fetal distress. Therefore, proactive midwife intervention aiming at preventing prolongedlabour actively by administering hyoscine-butylbromide (buscopan injection) anantispasmodic agent at the active phase of labour is of great importance for women andmost importantly primigravidal woman in labour who is at higher risk of prolonged labour.

 A double blind quasi experimental research design wasadopted in this study involving sixty (60) primigravidal women in labour. Thirty (30) ofwhich were the experimental group and 30 were control group

The study revealed a significantdifference in the administration of hyoscine-butylbromide on the duration of labourbetween the experimental and control groups P-value 0.023. However, there was nosignificant difference in labour outcomes between groups, P- Value 0.692. It is therefore recommended that Hyoscine-butylbromide should be included among drugs administered by midwives, as it has no adverse effects on the mother or fetus and does not significantlyaffect the outcome of labour. Thus, hyoscine-butylbromide should be considered arecommendation for primigravidal women during the active phase of labour to proactivelyprevent prolonged labour.

OKEDELE DEBORAH is a Lecturer II at the Department of Nursing

OKEDELE has a M.Sc in Maternal and Child health Nursing from Ladoke Akintola University of technology