The pain that women experience during labour is affected by multiple physiological and psychosocial factors and its intensity can vary greatly. Most women in labour require pain relief. Pain management strategies include non-pharmacological interventions (that aim to help women cope with pain in labour) and pharmacological interventions (that aim to relieve the pain of labour). A Comparative Study was conducted to evaluate the Effectiveness of Acupressure and Breathing Exercise on Level of Pain During Active Phase of Labour Among Primigravida Parturient Women at Selected Hospital, U.P. A quasi experimental- nonequivalent pretest posttest design was used for the study. Purposive sampling technique was used for selecting the samples for study. Tools developed and used for data collection were: structured interview schedule and modified McGill pain scale. Results shows that there was significant difference between mean post test scores of primigravida parturient women in acupressure group (14.5) and breathing exercise group (18.15) for pain score as obtained ‘t’value (2.567) was higher than the tabulated value (1.645 ) for df (38) at 0.05 level of significance. So it can be inferred that acupressure was more effective than the breathing exercise for reducing the pain during active phase of labour.
