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The experimental group was given a shower twice with water at 32\u00b0C\u201337\u00b0C in the desired position for 20\u2009min when the dilation was 4\u20135\u2009cm and 6\u20138\u2009cm. The control group was given routine care. Data were collected with a descriptive information form and the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) before the birth and with the Visual Analogue Scale for Fatigue (VASF), the Postpartum Comfort Scale (PCS), and the Person\u2010Centred Maternity Care Scale (PCMCS) following the birth. Pearson's <jats:italic>\u03c7<\/jats:italic><jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> test, independent samples <jats:italic>t<\/jats:italic>\u2010test and Mann\u2013Whitney <jats:italic>U<\/jats:italic> test were used to analyze the data, and the confidence interval was evaluated at <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.05.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The labour times, VAS values and VASF scores of the hydrotherapy group were significantly lower than those of the control group (VAS: 6.98\u2009\u00b1\u20091.46; 9.45\u2009\u00b1\u20090.68; VASF: 59.43\u2009\u00b1\u200936.33; 76.47\u2009\u00b1\u200926.91, respectively). The hydrotherapy group had significantly higher 1st\u2010 and 5th\u2010minute Apgar scores, postpartum comfort scores and PCMCS scores than the control group (PCS: 138.4\u2009\u00b1\u200915.62; 135.35\u2009\u00b1\u200910.84; PCMCS: 59.35\u2009\u00b1\u20095.32; 58.55\u2009\u00b1\u20094.11, respectively).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>It was determined that hydrotherapy application shortened labour time, had a positive effect on newborn Apgar scores, relieved pain felt during birth, reduced postpartum fatigue, increased postpartum comfort and had a positive effect on person\u2010centred maternal care.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/jep.70060","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,4,2]],"date-time":"2025-04-02T03:35:17Z","timestamp":1743564917000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["The Effect of Hydrotherapy Application on Pain During Birth and Postpartum Fatigue and Comfort"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"31","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6094-8192","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Zeynep","family":"Cambaz","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Tekirdag Corlu District State Hopital Tekirdag Turkey"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6733-5348","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ay\u00e7a","family":"\u015eolt K\u0131rca","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Midwifery Department Kirklareli Kirklareli University School of Health Science Kirklareli Turkey"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,4]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_10_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.37989\/gumussagbil.1320030"},{"issue":"2","key":"e_1_2_10_3_1","first-page":"97","article-title":"Social Support Systems and Midwifery","volume":"8","author":"\u015eimsek N. 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