RT - Journal Article T1 - investigate the relationship between the duration of labor stages and the newborn, apgar score in women (1994). JF - IJN YR - 1999 JO - IJN VO - 13 IS - 22 UR - http://ijn.iums.ac.ir/article-1-1315-en.html SP - 16 EP - 22 K1 - labor K1 - newborn K1 - Apgar score AB -   A correlational study was conducted to investigate the relationship between me duration of labor stages and the   newborn 's Apgar score in women admitted to Imam Khomeini Hospital (Sari 1994).   A total of 1 20 primigravida women admitted for delivery wert' selected sequentially. The tool was a checklist   consisting of three parts . The first part inquired as to certain demographic information including fertility and labor   characterisucs. The second part checked the duration of each stage of labor, and the third pan covered the Apgar   score measured in tilt first and fifth minutes of birth of the newly born to the primigravida mother.   The validity and reliability of the tool were approved upon estimation of content validity, and reliability   coefficient tests.   The results showed a significant negative relation between the length of la bor stages and the Apgar Score   measured within one and five minutes after the baby’s birth (p< 0. 001). In other words the longer the length of the   stages of labur the lower the Apgar score. There was also a significant correlation between the mother s age and the   length ofstages, thus the older the age, longer were the labor stages and lower was the Apgar score. Another finding   of this study was the significant correlation between meconium stained amniotic flu id and the Apgar score at the   first and fifth minutes of birth (p LA eng UL http://ijn.iums.ac.ir/article-1-1315-en.html M3 ER -