Effects Of Hand Massage After Cesarean Section

THE EFFECT OF AFTER CAESARIAN SECTION HAND MASSAGE ON PAIN, COMFORT LEVEL AND GAS OUTPUT TIME

H1-1 Hypothesis: Hand massage applied after cesarean delivery has an effect on reducing the level of pain in the cesarean section incision area of women.

H1-2 Hypothesis: Hand massage applied after cesarean delivery has an effect on increasing the comfort scale score of women.

H1-3 Hypothesis: Hand massage applied after cesarean delivery has an effect on reducing the time of gas production in women.

Study Overview

• Status: Enrolling by invitation
• Conditions: Primiparous Mothers Who Gave Birth by Cesarean Section
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Hand massage

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 182
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Kırıkkale, Turkey, 71100
    • Sinem Dügeroğlu

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

Having primiparous pregnancy,

• 18 years old and over,
• Able to speak Turkish and express himself in Turkish,
• Does not have any disability (such as vision, hearing)
• Having completed the 6th hour after cesarean delivery, hospitalized in the gynecology service,
• Having undergone cesarean section with spinal anesthesia,
• Having no findings such as wounds, nerve problems, history of surgery or amputation on their hands,
• Single pregnancy,
• Women who are open to communication and who are mentally and physically healty

Exclusion Criteria:

Not accepting to work,

• Having a gas outlet before starting the application,
• Presence of findings such as wounds on hands, nerve problems, history of surgery or amputation,
• Having postpartum hemorrhage,
• With uterine subinvolution,
• Having a cesarean section with another type of anesthesia other than spinal anesthesia (such as general, epidural combined)
• Having twin babies,
• Having a premature baby (the baby needs more attention and care)
• Women whose babies are hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: intervention; Hand massage will be applied to primiparous mothers who gave birth by cesarean section	Other: Hand massage; Hand massage will be applied to primiparous mothers who gave birth by cesarean section and its effect on pain, comfort and gas release times will be evaluated.
No Intervention: control; Routine care will be given to mothers who have given cesarean section and hand massage will not be applied.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
inclusion of women in the study and filling out the introductory information form	Women are included in the study by filling out the introductory information form. The information obtained will be recorded in the SPSS 20.0 package program.	maximum one hour
ensuring the randomization of the women included in the study into the intervention and control groups	Distributions are made to women included in the study and to control and intervention groups.	Five min
practicing and observing hand massage	Mothers assigned to the intervention group receive 2 sessions of hand massage. The first session is applied at the 6th hour after the cesarean section, and the second session is applied at the 12th hour after the cesarean section. Routine care is applied to the control group and hand massage is not applied.	an average of 12-13 hours
assessment of pain	Women in the intervention and control groups are assessed for pain with the Visual Analog Scale (VAS).	five min
comfort assessment	Women in the intervention and control groups will be evaluated with the Postpartum Comfort Scale.	ten min
Evaluation of gas exit time	The effectiveness of hand massage will be evaluated by looking at the time between cesarean section hours and gas release times of women in the intervention and control groups.	five min

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Selcuk University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Anticipated): August 25, 2022
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): January 25, 2023
• Study Completion (Anticipated): March 25, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: August 20, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 26, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): August 30, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): August 30, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 26, 2022
• Last Verified: August 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: comfort; hand massage; ache; cesarean delivery; midwife; gas outlet
• Other Study ID Numbers: SelcukU SDugeroglu071

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: No

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No