The effect of immediate skin-to-skin contact between mother and infant after delivery on reducing pain of an episiotomy wound; a randomized controlled trial
- Conditions
- pain of an episiotomy woundepisiotomy wound pain, immediate skin-to-skin contact
- Registration Number
- TCTR20210916001
- Lead Sponsor
- Faculty of Medicine, Srinakharinwirot University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 60
pregnant women with a gestational age of 37 weeks or more who were admitted to the delivery room to prepare for vaginal delivery. Inclusion criteria were: singleton pregnancy, vertex presentation, planned episiotomy, estimated fetal weight between 2500-3500 grams, able to communicate in Thai, no analgesics other than local injections, no history of anesthesia allergies.
Exclusion criteria were: no second-degree perineal tear, operative vaginal delivery, local analgesia (2% xylocaine) greater than 10 milliliters, postpartum complication (e.g., postpartum hemorrhage with hypotension, retained placenta, cervical tear, perineal hematoma), or other condition in which the protocol cannot be followed (e.g., emergency cesarean section or unstable fetal status such as low Apgar score, thick meconium, respiratory distress).
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method episiotomy wound pain 1 hour after birth visual analog scale
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method appropriate contact time for maximum reduces episiotomy wound pain from beginning to the end of contact time(minutes)