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The Effect of Shower on Birth Pain, Postpartum Fatigue and Comfort

NCT06183957 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2024-06-06

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Summary

According to the definition of the International Association for the Study of Pain, pain; It is an unpleasant sensory and emotional sensation and behavior related to the individual's past experiences, caused by real or potential tissue damage originating from any part of the body. Birth pain is the most severe pain experience known and defined, with physiological as well as psychological and sociocultural components that may vary among individuals.Pharmacological and non-pharmacological applications are used to relieve birth pain. While pharmacological methods reduce pain, they distract women from the physiological reality of birth and prevent women from accepting pain as a natural part of birth. Non-pharmacological methods are alternative options that will help women manage pain during birth by ensuring that women experience pain.

Showering (hydrotherapy), one of the non-pharmacological methods used to reduce pain in labor, is used to increase relaxation and reduce birth pain. In a study conducted domestically, it was stated that the use of hydrotherapy during labor pain helped the woman relax, reduced the pain felt, lowered blood pressure and increased diuresis. Fatigue, in addition to being a universal symptom associated with diseases, is also a common complaint among healthy individuals.

In line with the literature information, this study aims to examine the effect of shower applied during birth on postpartum fatigue and postpartum comfort.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

hydrotherapy group

When women in this group are taken to their labor rooms (when the dilation is 4-5cm), they should be standing or standing, depending on their preferences, on their waist, abdomen or whole body, with the temperature of the water between 32-37 °C (the temperature preferred by the woman will be applied) for at least 20 minutes. Sitting shower application will be performed under the observation of the researcher midwife. The temperature of the flowing water will be measured with a bucket and a thermometer that helps evaluate the temperature. The application will be repeated when the dilation is 6-8 cm.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Kırklareli University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • ZEYNEP CAMBAZ · Tekirdağ Çorlu İlçe Devlet Hastanesi

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
35 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-03-03
Primary Completion
2023-12-15
Completion
2024-02-29

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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