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Comparative Effects of Cryotherapy and Infrared Light on Pain, Redness, and Healing of Episiotomy Wound

NCT06325176 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 24

Last updated 2024-11-22

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Summary

The study will be a randomized clinical trial and will be conducted in Bahawalpur Victoria Hospital, Bahawalpur. The subjects (n=24) will be divided into two groups. Group A will include 12 postnatal women and for treatment, cryotherapy will be applied for 20 minutes. Group B will include 12 women and receive infrared light, an infrared lamp will be put at a distance of 45 cm from the perineum, and the heat produced with 230 volts for twenty minutes. The participant will be checked after the first five minutes to make sure that she is not being burned. This procedure will be done twice a day for 7 consecutive days.

Conditions

  • Episiotomy Wound

Interventions

OTHER

Cryotherapy

During the 1st visit of the patients, they will be assessed for pain and episiotomy wound. The cryotherapy group will include 12 postnatal women. This group will use a bag of ice pack applied to the perineal region. The ice pack will be sealed in plastic bag and wrapped with one layer of a thin cotton tissue so that the skin of the participant would not be in direct contact with ice, which could cause discomfort. During the intervention, the women will be asked to remove their underpants and hygienic pads and remain in the dorsal recumbent position during cryotherapy that lasted 20 minutes. This procedure will be done twice a day for seven consecutive days

DEVICE

Infrared light therapy

Infrared group will include 12 postnatal women they will encourage to place an infrared lamp at distance of 45 cm from the perineum and the heat produced with 230 volts for twenty minutes. But the mother is checked after the first five minutes to make sure that she was not being burned. The researcher will demonstrate for each woman how to use infrared lamp, and it will be followed by re demonstrations and discussions. These procedures will carry out in the morning and evening for seven consecutive days. The researcher gives the infrared lamp device for each woman then restore it after completion of the study

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Riphah International University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Mutieba Javed, MS* · Riphah International University, Lahore, Pakistan

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-03-20
Primary Completion
2024-10-01
Completion
2024-10-15

Countries

  • Pakistan

Study Locations

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