Effects of low and high-frequency transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation (TENS) in Post Episiotomy Pain Relief.

Recruiting

• Conditions: Pain from episiotomy; Reproductive Health and Childbirth - Childbirth and postnatal care

• Registration Number: ACTRN12610000529044
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Pernambuco

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2010-06-30
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 36

Inclusion Criteria

Low risk pregnancy primiparous, older than 15 years old, literate, understanding the Portuguese Language, aware of time and space, post-natural childbirth, submitted to episiotomy with stitches, presenting pain in the episiotomy, and absence of any genitourinary pathology.

Exclusion Criteria

TENS counter-indications as open wounds, presenting intolerance, irritation or great discomfort on the location where TENS was applied, puerperal relapse or recurrence (increased bleeding requiring intervention, phlogistic signs suggesting infection, fever, anesthesia complications, hypertension, mammary relapse or recurrences, morbid obesity (body weight 100 lb over the ideal weight).

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified