Comparison of the effect of ear acupressure and foot reflexology on pain and anxiety in women following elective cesarean sectio
- Conditions
- Cesarean pain and anxiety.single delivery by caesarean section
- Registration Number
- IRCT2014122920475N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Mashhad Univercity of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
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Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 132
inclusion criteria include singleton pregnancy; gestational age more than 37 weeks; Labor pains not start; The elective cesarean section planned before the onset of labor; using Spinal analgesia for caesarean section; No Medical condition in mother (cardiac, respiratory, hepatic or neurologic); normal body mass index (18.5< BMI <30) in first trimester of pregnancy; lack of injuries and wounds at the feet or ears; no history of migraine; no History of foot reflexology or Auriculotherapy; No addiction to drugs, sedatives and alcohol in mother.
Exclusion criteria:
uncomfortable feel in ear acupressure or foot massage; Lack of cooperation from the study; the cesarean incision is not transverse; complications during and after surgery such as excessive bleeding , adhesions, fetal death and prolonged duration of surgery(more than 1 hour).
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain. Timepoint: 2-3Hours after anesthetic injection - 2 and 3 hours after Intervention. Method of measurement: McGill pain questionnaire-Visual Analogue Scale.;Anxiety. Timepoint: 3-2 hours after injection of anesthetic- One and two hours after the intervention. Method of measurement: Anxiety Inventory Spielberger.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ausea -Bloodshed. Timepoint: One and two hours after the intervention. Method of measurement: Nausea visual analogue scale.;Bloodshed. Timepoint: One and two hours after the intervention. Method of measurement: Weighing pads soaked in blood.