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The Effect of LI4 Acupressure on Perineal Pain and Postpartum Comfort During Episiotomy Repair

NCT06407505 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 90

Last updated 2024-05-09

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Summary

The study was planned to evaluate the effect of LI4 acupressure application on perineal pain and postpartum comfort during episiotomy repair. Our study was designed as a randomized, controlled, single-blind and placebo design experimental study. The study is planned to be conducted in the maternity ward of Istanbul SBU Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Training and Research Hospital between May 1, 2024 and October 20, 2025. The sample of the study will consist of a total of 90 pregnant women who were hospitalized in the maternity ward and agreed to participate in the study. During the episiotomy repair, the LI4 acupuncture point on the right hand of the participants in the experimental group will be compressed 10 times for 30 seconds in succession and a 10-second break will be taken. A different point 1-1.5 cm away from the LI4 acupuncture point on the right hand of the participants in the placebo group will be pressed. No intervention will be applied to the control group.

Conditions

  • Labor Pain
  • Perineal Pain
  • Postpartum Comfort

Interventions

OTHER

Acupressure group

LI4 acupressure applied group.

OTHER

Placebo group

Group where acupressure was applied to an area 1.5 cm away at the LI4 acupressure point

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Uskudar University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Derya Deniz, PhD · TC Uskudar University

  • Ozlem Can Gurkan · Marmara University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-06-01
Primary Completion
2025-10-20
Completion
2025-10-20

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