The Effect of Honey Saffron Syrup on Labor Progression in Nulliparous Women

Backgrounds: Childbirth is one of the most important events in women's lives and one of the important health indicators of any country. Labor duration is one of the factors affecting the pregnancy outcome and maternal and fetal complications. Pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical methods are used to accelerate delivery and prevent a complicated one. The objective of the present study is to determine the effect of honey saffron syrup on the labor progression in nulliparous women admitted to childbirth ward of Imam Khomeini Hospital of Divandarreh in 2018.Material and Method : In this double blind controlled clinical trial, 90 nulliparous women who referred to Imam Khomeini Hospital in Divandarreh (Iran) in 2018 were examined. The nulliparous women with inclusion criteria were randomly divided into three groups using closed packets. In the first intervention group, the saffron syrup prepared with honey and the second intervention group, saffron syrup prepared with sugar and in the control group the placebo were orally administered every two hours to a maximum of three times, each time at 150 cc and the duration of the labor phases was recorded in all three groups. Collected data were entered into STATA software version 12 and data was analyzed using Fisher’s test, ANOVA with Fisher’s post hos test and Repeated measure statistical method with p<0.05 as significant.Result:The mean of labor duration in the two intervention groups was significantly shorter than the control group (p=0.000). The duration of the first stage of labor in the honey saffron syrup group was significantly shorter than the sugar saffron syrup group (p=0.016) .Conclusion: Administration of saffron syrup with honey shortened the time of first, second and third stage of labor