Assessing the effect of the ointment of green tea on the intensity of episiotomy pain and wound healing
- Conditions
- episiotomy.Second degree perineal laceration during delivery
- Registration Number
- IRCT2016011225983N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice Chancellor for research Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 99
primiparous woman; gestational ages between 37 to 42 weeks; aged 18 to 35 year; BMI between 19.8-30 kg/m2; resident in kerman; was educated; singleton birth with cephalic presentation; child weigh between 2500 to 4000 grams; have a vaginal delivery with mediolateral episiotomy without instrumental delivery and without tears; no rupture of membranes more than 24 hours; not eclampsia and pre-eclampsia; no manual removal of placenta; not taking the first stage of labor (more than 14 hours) and the second stage of labor (more than 2 hours) and the third stage of labor (more than 30 minutes); no fetal anomaly or bedfast to the neonatal unit; have hematoma episiotomy; no addiction; no allergies to topical drugs; the lack of diseases such as chronic systemic disorders, cardiovascular, respiratory, coagulation disorders and connective tissue, diabetes, anemia, immunosuppressant, hemophilia, malnutrition and psychological disorders; no history of injury, or previous surgery of lesions visible in the perineum (genital warts, hemorrhoids), persistent constipation
Exclusion criteria: do not visit for care; not interested to continue to participate in the study; do not use the ointment properly and as directed; do not use the betadin properly and as directed; allergic to use ointment; have a sex in the first 5 days after birth; manipulation of the perineum after episiotomy repair; Severe bleeding after childbirth; use drugs on wound healing (anticoagulant, antidepressants, antiepileptic, alcohol, immunosuppressant drugs, antibiotics, chemotherapy) during the study
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Intensity of episiotomy pain. Timepoint: before intervention, 12 hours, 5 and 10 days postpartum. Method of measurement: Visual Analogue Scale (VAS).;Wound healing of episiotomy. Timepoint: before intervention, 12 hours, 5 and 10 days postpartum. Method of measurement: REEDA scale.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method