Abstract

Background: Labor pain is a culturally diverse experience in the women of reproductive age, and cultural language is different to express its distress. Objectives: This review focuses on cultural differences in labor pain experience among women across the world. Methods: To identify potentially eligible studies, we searched the databases such as PubMed, EMBASE, ISI web of science, Iranian databases, IPPE, UNFPA (1983- 2016). Original articles, review articles, published books about the aim of this paper were employed. Finally, 20 studies were found which met the inclusion criteria. Results: Results of this review articulated culturally diverse women’s behaviors in response to labor pain and the strategies employed to cope with the pain. Conclusions: Understanding women’s experiences of childbirth and labor pain behaviors is essential for midwives help culturally diverse women experience satisfying childbirth. The midwives’ abilities to evaluate a woman’s cultural expression and perception can deeply affect the accuracy of pain management.