The effect of acupressure on severity of pain after childbirth
- Conditions
- Pain after childbirth.Pelvic and perineal pain
- Registration Number
- IRCT2016070428240N2
- Lead Sponsor
- Shahroud University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 88
Inclusion criteria included: Mother's consent, vaginal birth, the second birth, age 37 to 42 weeks of pregnancy, Mother of labor complaints after moderate or severe (a score of 4 or more), having at least Literacy Study, 2500 to 4000 grams birth weight, BMI is between 19.8 to 29 kg per square meter., physiological Delivery without cutting .and non-traumatic childbirth. Exclusion criteria included: Maternal use of methods of pain relief, a long and difficult birth, mother's addiction to drugs, cesarean and intra- abdominal surgery?Postpartum hemorrhage and disease .No need for Oxytocin and augmented., not satisfied with the research unit, the uncertainty of the effect of acupressure and fear of the unknown effects. Traumatic delivery.
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain after childbirth. Timepoint: Baseline to two hours after the intervention. Method of measurement: Visual Analogue Scale.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method