156A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF EFFLEURAGE TO REDUCE LABOR PAIN DURING 1ST STAGE OF LABOR AMONG PRIMIGRAVIDA WOMEN IN A SELECTED HOSPITAL, BHUBANESWARPregnancy is a special event. The labor & birth process is an exciting situation to the women & her family. The time of labor & birth though short in Comparison with the length of pregnancy but it is most dramatic & significant period of pregnancy for expectant mothers. Labor pain is the most severe pain a woman experienced in her life, which may lead to undesirable, psychological effects, lowered self-confidence & anxiety. Nurse should be introduced with alternative methods of pain relief to reduce the labor pain. Some studies suggest effleurage plays an important role in reducing the labor pain during 1st stage of labor. Yet there is little research in this area. Therefore, the investigators choose this topic i.e. “a study to assess the effectiveness of effleurage to reduce the labour pain during 1st stage of labour among primiparous mothers, in scb medical college & hospital, cuttack”. The tool was a structured interview schedule consisting of socio-demographic variables & a rating scale for assessing the pain. An extensive review of literature was done. The study was conducted in SCB Hospital, Cuttack (Labor room). Convenient sampling was used to select 30 primiparous laboring mothers. The data was analyzed by Chi-square & paired t-test. The Chi-square test reveals that the calculated value of socio-demographic variables was less than the tabulated value. The hypothesis H0 is accepted. The paired t-test elicits that t-value was significantly greater than the tabulated value. So, the hypothesis H1 is accepted. Hence, it can be state that there is no significant association between socio demographic variables with the pain scores but there is some significant difference between the pre& post intervention pain score.anuradhapanda79@yahoo.comResearch4112014Effleurage,Labour Pain,Primiparous Mother,1st stage of LabourSushree Sangeeta Priyadarsini,Truptimayee S Arangi,Truptimayee Patra,Sushreeta SwainLord Jagannath Mission‟s College of Nursing, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.,Lord Jagannath Mission‟s College of Nursing, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.,Lord Jagannath Mission‟s College of Nursing, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.,Lord Jagannath Mission‟s College of Nursing, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.