Effects of Deep Breathing Excercises With and Without Progressive Muscle Relaxation Technique on Post Cesarean Section Low Back Pain, Quality of Sleep and Physical Activity.

Quality of sleep

时间窗: 8 weeks

The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI )is a self-report questionnaire that assesses sleep quality over a 1-month time interval. The measure consists of 19 individual items, creating 7 components that produce one global score, and takes 5-10 minutes to complete.

Physical activity

时间窗: 8 weeks

Physical activity limitation questionnaire is used to assess the limitation of physical activities due to pain after C-section. It consists of 8 items (sitting in bed, standing up, walking, performing personal hygiene, bathing, breastfeeding, eating and using a toilet) which rated as: 0= easy performed, 1= performed with difficulties, 2= performed with assistance, and 3=can't perform. The total scores ranged from 0 to 24. The women are considered to have: 0-6= No limitation of the physical activities 7-12 = Mild limitation of the physical activities 13- 18= Moderate limitation of the physical activities 19-24 = Severe limitation of the physical activities

Lowback pain

时间窗: 8 weeks

The Oswestry Disability Index also known as the Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire and is an extremely important tool The test is considered the 'gold standard' of low back functional outcome tools.Most commonly used outcome-measure questionnaire for low back pain in a hospital setting. It is a self-administered questionnaire divided into ten sections designed to assess limitations of various activities of daily living.