Warm Pads Applied to the Breast During Episiotomy Repair

N/ACompletedNCT06119646

Selcuk University210 enrolled

Overview

H1-1 Hypothesis: Warm pads applied to the breast during episiotomy repair in the intervention group will have an effect on increasing milk production compared with the control group. H1-2 Hypothesis: Warm pads applied to the breast of the intervention group during episiotomy repair will have an effect on increasing breastfeeding motivation compared to the control group. H1-3 Hypothesis: Warm pads applied to the breast of the intervention group during episiotomy repair will have an effect on reducing the mother's perception of insufficient milk compared to the control group.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

210

Conditions

Breastfeeding

Interventions

Warm Pads Applied to the BreastOTHER

Applying a warm pad to a breast during episiotomy repair

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 40 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * First pregnancy, * Those who are 18 years or older, * Can speak Turkish and express themselves in Turkish, * Do not have any disability (such as sight, hearing), * Gave birth after \>37 weeks of pregnancy, * Who have had a normal birth and have had an episiotomy, * There is no open wound on the breast, * A singleton pregnancy, * Women who are open to communication and mentally and emotionally healthy. Exclusion Criteria: * Those who do not agree to work * Those who want to leave for any reason during the application process * Having postpartum haemorrhage, * Women who develop any postpartum complications, * Women whose babies are admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit.

Locations (1)

Selcuk University Faculty of Medicine Hospital

Konya, Selçuklu, Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Introductory Information Form

The Introductory Information Form is a 15-item survey form prepared by researchers based on the literature. The Introductory Information Form includes 10 questions on socio-demographic characteristics of pregnant women and their partners and 5 questions on obstetric characteristics of pregnant women.

Time frame: pre-intervention

Postpartum Milk Expression and Amount Information Form

Postpartum Milk Expression and Amount Information Form aims to be evaluated by researchers by asking 8 questions to the intervention group and 6 questions to the control group. The questions were prepared by the researcher. There are statements that need to be measured quantitatively and recorded by the researcher.

Time frame: in the first hour in postpartum period

Secondary Outcomes

Primiparous Breastfeeding Motivation Scale (PBMS)

The scale, whose Turkish validity and reliability was confirmed by Akçay and Demirgöz Bal in 2019, was published by Stockdale et al. in 2013. PBMS is a 37-item scale developed to evaluate the postnatal breastfeeding motivation in primipara. The scale has four sub-dimensions of "The value placed on breastfeeding", "Self-efficacy", "Perceived support from the midwife" and "Expectation of success". High scores from the scale indicate high breastfeeding motivation, low scores indicate low breastfeeding motivation.

Time frame: in the second hour in postpartum period

Perception of Insufficient Milk Supply Questionaire

The scale, developed by McCarter-Spaulding and Kearney in 2001, consists of 6 questions to determine the perception of insufficient breast milk. The Turkish validity and reliability of the scale was conducted by Gökçeoğlu and Küçükoğlu in 2014. The first question of the scale asks whether the mother feels that her milk is sufficient, and is answered with 'yes' or 'no'. Other questions on the scale aim to measure the perception of milk inadequacy. These questions are scored on a scale from 0 to 10 ('0' means the milk is perceived as completely inadequate, '10' means the milk is perceived as completely sufficient). The scale can produce scores from 0 to 50, and a higher total score indicates an increasing perception of milk adequacy.

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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