The effect of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) at various points on pain intensity and satisfaction in patients undergoing cesarean sectio
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Cesarean pain.Delivery by elective caesarean section
- Registration Number
- IRCT2015062222866N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Shahroud University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 296
Inclusion Criteria
Inclusion criteria are: 18 to 45 year-old women; the risk of anesthesia ASA Class 1(patients without any experience of organic, biochemical, physiologic or psychiatric disorders); no history of anticonvulsants; opiates or painkillers usage; lack of pacemaker; no wound in the locations where electrodes are applied; no local anesthesia at the incision site; no previous use of TENS and no discharge in less than 24 hours.
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain intensity. Timepoint: Immediately after consciousness, at the end of stage 1(after stimulation) , before and after stage 2( 2-3 h after the first stage) and after the first postoperative 24 hours. Method of measurement: Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and scored from 0 to 10.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Satisfaction. Timepoint: 24 hours after caesarean section. Method of measurement: Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and scored from 0 to 10.;Doses of painkillers. Timepoint: 24 hours after surgery. Method of measurement: recording the type and frequency of the drugs used.