A clinical trial to compare the efficacy of pain and comfort scores for pain assessment
- Conditions
- Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium,
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2017/03/008248
- Lead Sponsor
- Dayanand Medical College and Hospital
- Brief Summary
This is a single blinded randomized study to compare standard pain scores with comfort scores after caesarean section and to determine whether the technique of pain assessment affects patient’s perceptions and experience after caesarean section. One hundred eighty eligible women will be randomly allocated into 2 groups (i.e. group P and group C) of 90 women each, and will be interviewed 6- 24 hours after caesarean section. Group P women will be asked to rate their pain and group C women will be asked to rate their comfort level according to previously validated structured questionnaire. The outcomes of our study is to assess pain severity as measured by a 0–10-point VNRS for pain compared with an equivalent inverted VNRS for comfort and also by a VAS for pain compared with VAS for comfort. Additional outcomes include assessment of level of worry caused by surgical trauma, the requirement of additional analgesia and patient’s perception of postoperative wound as injury or healing
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 180
All women who underwent caesarean section.
1.Age less than 18 years 2.Deaf and dumb patients 3.Patients with intellectual disability 4.History of chronic pain or opiate abuse.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Our primary outcome is to assess pain severity as measured by a 0–10-point VNRS for pain compared with an equivalent inverted VNRS for comfort. between 10 to 30 hours
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Our secondary outcomes include: 1.pain severity as measured by a VAS for pain compared with VAS for comfort;
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Dayanand Medical College and Hospital
🇮🇳Ludhiana, PUNJAB, India
Dayanand Medical College and Hospital🇮🇳Ludhiana, PUNJAB, IndiaRicha JainPrincipal investigator9815068242richajain2105@gmail.com