Deep Tissue Massage on Pain and Comfort After Cesarean

NCT04457921 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2019/57
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 81
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The aim of this study to determine the effect of deep tissue massage applied to the back on pain and comfort after cesarean section. Personal information form was used as data collection form, Visual Analog Scala was used to assess pain, and Postpartum Comfort Questionnaire was used to assess comfort.

Conditions

Cesarean Section; Pain, Postoperative; Massage; Comfort; Midwifery

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• pain scores

  Visual Analog Scale: Mild pain between 0-44 mm, moderate pain between 45-74 mm, and severe pain between 75-100 mm

  at 11st hours cesarean section

• pain scores

  Visual Analog Scale: Mild pain between 0-44 mm, moderate pain between 45-74 mm, and severe pain between 75-100 mm

  at 23rd hours cesarean section

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• comfort scores

  at 23rd hours cesarean section

Study Arms (2)

Deep tissue massage

EXPERIMENTAL

deep tissue massage applied group

Other: deep tissue massage

Standard of care

NO INTERVENTION

group without deep tissue massage

Interventions

deep tissue massage OTHER

DTM was applied to participants in the experimental group twice (at the 10th and 22nd h) after cesarean

Deep tissue massage

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Pain severity is 45 mm or more according to the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS),
• Having a single and healthy newborn,
• Does not respond negatively to any attempt to touch like massage,
• Women whose tissue integrity is complete and healthy in the area to be massaged were included in the sample.

You may not qualify if:

• Those with cesarean section with general anesthesia,
• Any problems diagnosed before birth and at birth (such as oligohydramnios, preeclampsia, heart disease, diabetes, placenta previa)
• Any complications related to the mother and baby in the postpartum period (bleeding, hypertension, babies taken to the neonatal intensive care unit, etc.),
• Those who received repeat doses other than routine narcotic analgesics (0.5 mg in the first 30 minutes) were not included in the study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Inonu University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Inonu University

Malatya, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Simonelli MC, Doyle LT, Columbia M, Wells PD, Benson KV, Lee CS. Effects of Connective Tissue Massage on Pain in Primiparous Women After Cesarean Birth. J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs. 2018 Sep;47(5):591-601. doi: 10.1016/j.jogn.2018.07.006. Epub 2018 Aug 11.

  PMID: 30102886 RESULT

Related Links

• Reference link

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Pain, Postoperative

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Postoperative Complications; Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• ESRA GUNEY

  Inonu University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 29, 2020
• First Posted: July 7, 2020
• Study Start: May 10, 2019
• Primary Completion: November 25, 2019
• Study Completion: December 17, 2019
• Last Updated: March 13, 2024

Record last verified: 2020-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)