Nonpharmacological Method and Postpartum Fatigue

Summary

Postpartum fatigue is common in women after cesarean section and it affects the woman and the baby. Many noninvasive applications help to overcome this problem. This study was planned as a randomized controlled trial to examine the effect of acupressure on postpartum fatigue in women who had a cesarean section. The research will be carried out between August 2021 and August 2022 with mothers who have had a cesarean section at Kocaeli University Research and Application Hospital. The research will be carried out with two groups as acupressure and control group. The sample number was calculated using the G\*Power 3.1.9.2 program and the acupressure group: 60 and the control group: 60. In order to increase the analysis power, the number of people for each group was taken as 65 (n=130). It is planned to collect the data with the Descriptive Information Form and the Visual Similarity Scale for Fatigue. Acupressure will be applied to the mothers in the acupressure group once, once on the post-op day 0, twice on the post-op 1. day and once on the post-op 2. day, for a total of 4 times for six minutes, and no application will be made to the control group. Fatigue will be assessed with the Visual Similarity Scale for Fatigue before administration on post-op day 0 and after administration on post-op day 2. The data of the research will be evaluated using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences 22.0 program. In the evaluation of the data; descriptive statistics will be given as percentage, arithmetic mean±standard deviation, median and minimum-maximum values. Independent two-sample t-test will be used for normally distributed variables, and Mann-Whitney U test for non-normally distributed variables. Pearson Correlation test will be applied to determine the relationship between the fatigue severity of the experimental group and the tests and to determine the relationship between the tests. Statistical significance level will be accepted as p\<0.05.

Conditions

• Fatigue

Interventions

OTHER

acupressure group

A suitable environment will be prepared for mothers in terms of warmth and light, where privacy can be protected. The application points will be determined with the acu-point device by choosing the most comfortable position of the mother, leaving the application points exposed. The most preferred points ST36, LI4 and SP6 were selected from the points reported to affect lactation by reviewing the literature on the points to be compressed. Acupressure will be applied to points (bidirectional, right and left) for 2 minutes for a total of 6 minutes. Light pressure will be applied with the thumb of the practitioner's hand. Immediately after applying pressure for 2 minutes for each point, it will be moved to the other point in the symmetrical region and the application will be made without interruption. While practicing, the researcher will control the time using a digital wrist watch with a stopwatch

OTHER

Control Group

No application will be made. The mothers in this group will fill in the Visual Similarity Scale for Fatigue twice, once between 8-12 hours post-op and once on the post-op 2nd day.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• resmiye kaya odabaş

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Resmiye Kaya Odabaş, Ress. Ass. · Kocaeli University

• Yasemin Sökmen, Instructor · Ondokuz Mayıs University

• Ayten Taşpınar, Prof Doctor · Aydin Adnan Menderes University

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

35 Years

Sex

FEMALE

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2021-08-12

Primary Completion

2022-01-09

Completion

2022-03-13

Countries

• Turkey (Türkiye)