Comparing oral and intravenous patient controlled analgesia for post caesarean section pain relief: A randomised controlled trial.

Phase 4

Completed

• Conditions: Pain post ceasarean section; Reproductive Health and Childbirth - Childbirth and postnatal care; Anaesthesiology - Pain management

• Registration Number: ACTRN12613001011774
• Lead Sponsor: Dr. Petrus J Kotze

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2013-09-11
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 120

Inclusion Criteria

Elective ceasarean section patients
Spinal anaesthetic for caesarean section
No contraindication to use trial medication
Able to consent

Exclusion Criteria

General anaesthesia
Contraindication to trial medication
Unable to consent

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Comparing the pain scores, averaged per 24 hours for a 48 hours, between the test (Oxydone) and control (Morphine) group. Patients are asked to use a numerical pain score ranging from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain imaginable) to rate their pain. A pain score difference of 2 has been chosen to correlate with clinical significance. [Observations are done 6 hourly over a period of 48 hours, Patient’s sleep is not interrupted for observations. Pain scores done on a 6 hourly basis are averaged using an area under the curve of a pain score time diagram to process the multiple observations from a single patient into a single numerical value for every 24 hours for a period of 48 hours. ]