To see if the use of Abdominal Binders improves patients out comes after cesarean delivery
Inclusion: All patients admitted to labor and delivery Consented patients who had a cesarean delivery will be randomized using a number table to receive or not receive an abdominal binder. Outcomes: On postoperative days 1 and 2, patients were asked to complete a pain visual analog scale and the validated Symptom Distress Scale. Postoperative hemoglobin and hematocrit were also recorded.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
210
placement of abdominal binder
St Luke's University Hospital
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States
RECRUITINGPain measurement
Pain will be measured using a visual analog scale
Time frame: up to post operateive day 2
Patient Distress score
A validated patient distress score will be used
Time frame: up to post operateive day 2
hemoglobin and hematocrit
Time frame: post operative day 1 and 2
Pain medication usage
Time frame: post operative day 1 and 2
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