Effectiveness of Complementary Acupressure and instrumentaL Music (CALM) for uterine afterpains, postpartum fatigue, sleep quality, and postnatal anxiety among postnatal women in a tertiary referral hospital, Sikkim: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Sponsor
- Arpana Basnett
- Enrollment
- 200
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- • This study will help us to evaluate the effectiveness of CALM in:
Overview
Brief Summary
This study aims to assess the effectiveness of complementary acupressure and instrumental music for postnatal issues among the postnatal women admitted to tertiary referral hospital of Sikkim.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Masking
- Outcome Assessor Blinded
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 21.00 Year(s) to 45.00 Year(s) (—)
- Sex
- Female
Inclusion Criteria
- •Age more than 21 years Post-natal women, admitted to the post-natal wards: who underwent spontaneous or assisted vaginal delivery.
- •Who have had a full-term fetus (at 37-40 weeks) Who are free from life-threatening complications of puerperium- like primary or secondary PPH, convulsions, retained/morbidly adherent placenta, atony of uterus, etc.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Mothers with haemoglobin of less than 8gm/dl Mothers who have had a stillbirth, intrauterine fetal death and had a fetus/newborn with life-threatening illnesses or congenital anomalies.
- •Mothers who are a known case of a mental health illness or under any psychiatric drugs.
- •who have received acupressure within 24 hours.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
• This study will help us to evaluate the effectiveness of CALM in:
Time Frame: the intervention outcome will be assessed at baseline and then 2 days after the intervention and finally after 6 weeks.
• reducing the level of afterpain,
Time Frame: the intervention outcome will be assessed at baseline and then 2 days after the intervention and finally after 6 weeks.
• reduce post-partum fatigue,
Time Frame: the intervention outcome will be assessed at baseline and then 2 days after the intervention and finally after 6 weeks.
• increase sleep quality
Time Frame: the intervention outcome will be assessed at baseline and then 2 days after the intervention and finally after 6 weeks.
• reducing the postnatal anxiety
Time Frame: the intervention outcome will be assessed at baseline and then 2 days after the intervention and finally after 6 weeks.
• Based on the findings of this study it will help the staff nurse and student nurses to use this method in the practice area routinely to reduce the afterpains, increase activity tolerance, sleep quality and reduce the post-natal anxiety in hospital and community as well.
Time Frame: the intervention outcome will be assessed at baseline and then 2 days after the intervention and finally after 6 weeks.
Secondary Outcomes
- This study will help us to evaluate the effectiveness of CALM in:(reducing the level of afterpain,)
Investigators
Arpana Basnett
Manipal College of Nursing (MCON), MAHE