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Effects of VE, Focus, Expressive Touch on Pain, Anxiety, Breastfeeding and Mobilization in Women Delivering by Cesarean Section

NCT06740669 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 208

Last updated 2024-12-18

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Summary

Cesarean section is one of the most common surgical interventions in many countries. It is seen that 21.1% of women worldwide, 57.5% in Turkey, give birth by cesarean section. 99.6% of women have pain in the first 24 hours after cesarean section and oral analgesia is not sufficient for pain. It is seen that pain has an effect on recovery and breastfeeding after CS.This study will be conducted to determine the effects of non-pharmacological methods, virtual reality glasses, focusing and expressive touch on pain, anxiety, breastfeeding and mobilization in women giving birth by cesarean section. The ınvestigators aim to contribute to the midwifery and nursing care literature with the findings and results of the study.

Conditions

  • Women
  • Postnatal Care

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Virtual reality glasses (VR) application

It will be evaluated at 1 and 6 hours after the Caesarean section and a relaxing video called Relaxation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1iboKia3AQ, a video containing nature scenes accompanied by nature sounds) will be shown for a maximum of 20 minutes through virtual reality glasses (Toker and Gökduman Keleş, 2024).

BEHAVIORAL

Those who are applied expressive touch

Expressive touch does not require any preparation other than warming the hands to the same temperature as the body temperature. During expressive touch practice; the parts of the body that are touched the most are the hands, arms, forehead, hair and shoulders. The hands are massaged during the touch and the arms and shoulders are lightly touched before and after the massage, so that the expressive touch made on the hands is effective (Pinar and Demirel, 2021; Routasalo, 1999) After the evaluation, the researcher will apply expressive touch to one of the mother's hands for an average of 15-20 minutes

BEHAVIORAL

Focus

. The researcher mother will be asked to focus on her baby for 10 minutes (Kiliçli Id and Zeyneloglu Id, 2024; Vamour et al., 2019).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-12-20
Primary Completion
2025-03-30
Completion
2025-05-30

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