Status:

COMPLETED

The Effect of Therapeutic Touch on Pain and Comfort After Cesarean Section

Lead Sponsor:

Cukurova University

Conditions:

Therapeutic Touch

Postpartum Period

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18-45 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This study was conducted as randomized controlled study to evaluate the effect of Therapeutic Touch on acute pain and comfort level in women who delivered by cesarean section. Personal information for...

Detailed Description

Cesarean section rate is increasing in the world and in our country, and it might bring other problems with it. Pain, breastfeeding problems and decrease in comfort problems have high chance to happen...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • • Those between the ages of 18 and 45
  • Multiparous women
  • At the 8th postoperative hour
  • Women who have not developed any complications during pregnancy, birth and postpartum for themselves or their newborns.
  • Having a single, healthy newborn at term,
  • Does not react negatively to any attempt to touch,
  • Able to speak and communicate in Turkish
  • Agreeing to participate in the study

Exclusion

  • Those with any problems diagnosed before or at birth (such as oligohydramnios, preeclampsia, heart disease, diabetes, placenta previa)
  • Those who develop any complications related to mother and baby in the postpartum period (bleeding, hypertension, babies taken to the neonatal intensive care unit, etc.).
  • Those who receive different analgesics other than routine post-operative analgesics (75 mg diclofenac sodium in the first 30 minutes post-op).

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2022

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

January 1 2024

Estimated Enrollment :

90 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06062160

Start Date

January 1 2022

End Date

January 1 2024

Last Update

February 19 2025

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Cukurova University

Adana, Turkey (Türkiye), 01330