Postpartum Analgesia and Postpartum Chronic Pain

Kantering, Brenda; Marcus, Marco Abraham; Engel, Nicole M. A.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-13890-9_15

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“…In order to eliminate the effect of perineal pain risk factors such as neonatal birth weight more than 4 kg, nulliparity, malpositions and forceps delivery, 38 we considered all these items in the inclusion criteria so as to evaluate the severity of pain among women with similar episiotomy types (mediolateral) and parity number, which is the strength of present study.…”

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Impact of Hypericum Perforatum Ointment on Perineal Pain Intensity Following Episiotomy: a Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial

Vakili

Mirmohammadaliei

Montazeri³

et al. 2018

J Caring Sci

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Introduction:The present study was conducted to evaluate the effects of Hypericum Perforatum ointment on perineal pain intensity following episiotomy among primiparous women. Methods This triple-blind clinical trial was performed on 98 eligible primiparous women referring to selected educational hospital of Tehran University of Medical Sciences for normal vaginal delivery. Block Randomization (in 1; 1 ratio) was used to categorize the participants continuously into two groups: intervention (using Hypericum Perforatum ointment) and control (using placebo ointment). Participants in each group used ointments (about 3 grams each time) on episiotomy site, twice a day and for a period of ten days. Our primary outcome was the pain intensity in different intervals following episiotomy. The data were analyzed by SPSS software (version 13) using student's t test, Mann-Whitney U test and chi-square test. Results: We missed 14 participants during the study and analyzed the data from 42 participants in each group. The mean of pain scores revealed no significant differences before (mean difference=-0.33; P=0.46) and four hours (mean difference=0.57; P=0.13) after ointments use, between the intervention and control groups, while these differences were significant after eight hours (mean difference=2.17; P<0.001), five days (mean difference=2.20; P<0.001) and ten days (mean difference=2.21; P<0.001) following the intervention. Conclusion: Using Hypericum Perforatum ointment as a noninvasive, simple and effective topical formulation, can significantly reduce pain intensity of episiotomy site.

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