Effects Of Hand Massage After Cesarean Section

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Primiparous Mothers Who Gave Birth by Cesarean Section
• Interventions: Other: Hand massage

• Registration Number: NCT05521581
• Lead Sponsor: Selcuk University

Brief Summary

H1-1 Hypothesis: Hand massage applied after cesarean delivery has an effect on reducing the level of pain in the cesarean section incision area of women.

H1-2 Hypothesis: Hand massage applied after cesarean delivery has an effect on increasing the comfort scale score of women.

H1-3 Hypothesis: Hand massage applied after cesarean delivery has an effect on reducing the time of gas production in women.

Detailed Description

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Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2022-08
• Study First Submitted: 2022-08-20
• Study Start: 2022-08-25
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-08-26
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-08-26
• Study First Posted: 2022-08-30
• Last Update Posted: 2022-08-30
• Primary Completion: 2023-01-25
• Study Completion: 2023-03-25

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 182

Inclusion Criteria

Having primiparous pregnancy,

• 18 years old and over,
• Able to speak Turkish and express himself in Turkish,
• Does not have any disability (such as vision, hearing)
• Having completed the 6th hour after cesarean delivery, hospitalized in the gynecology service,
• Having undergone cesarean section with spinal anesthesia,
• Having no findings such as wounds, nerve problems, history of surgery or amputation on their hands,
• Single pregnancy,
• Women who are open to communication and who are mentally and physically healty

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Exclusion Criteria

Not accepting to work,

• Having a gas outlet before starting the application,
• Presence of findings such as wounds on hands, nerve problems, history of surgery or amputation,
• Having postpartum hemorrhage,
• With uterine subinvolution,
• Having a cesarean section with another type of anesthesia other than spinal anesthesia (such as general, epidural combined)
• Having twin babies,
• Having a premature baby (the baby needs more attention and care)
• Women whose babies are hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit.

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
intervention	Hand massage	Hand massage will be applied to primiparous mothers who gave birth by cesarean section

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
assessment of pain	five min	Women in the intervention and control groups are assessed for pain with the Visual Analog Scale (VAS).
comfort assessment	ten min	Women in the intervention and control groups will be evaluated with the Postpartum Comfort Scale.
ensuring the randomization of the women included in the study into the intervention and control groups	Five min	Distributions are made to women included in the study and to control and intervention groups.
practicing and observing hand massage	an average of 12-13 hours	Mothers assigned to the intervention group receive 2 sessions of hand massage. The first session is applied at the 6th hour after the cesarean section, and the second session is applied at the 12th hour after the cesarean section.; Routine care is applied to the control group and hand massage is not applied.
inclusion of women in the study and filling out the introductory information form	maximum one hour	Women are included in the study by filling out the introductory information form. The information obtained will be recorded in the SPSS 20.0 package program.
Evaluation of gas exit time	five min	The effectiveness of hand massage will be evaluated by looking at the time between cesarean section hours and gas release times of women in the intervention and control groups.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Sinem Dügeroğlu; 🇹🇷 Kırıkkale, Turkey