The present study aims to evaluate the effect of perineal cryotherapy on episiotomy- associated pain among postpartum women. The study hypothesis: Post-partum women who apply perineal cryotherapy have lower level of episiotomy- associated pain than those who don't apply.
The present study included postpartum mothers who are in a good health immediately after giving delivery, having an episiotomy and a normal vaginal birth of a single, full term, healthy baby with normal weight and vertex presentation.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
100
Cryotherapy is one of the non-pharmacological pain-relieving techniques, which involves chilling specific body areas with ice packs, ice cubes, ice water, or ethyl chloride sprays. The present study intervention will be conducted on 50 post-partum women to assist in relieve episiotomy pain. The researchers will assess the baseline level of episiotomy pain for each woman then the researchers will instruct women to perform perineal care. After cleaning the perineum, the researchers will ask the women to maintain her knee more flexed and apply ice gel pad against the episiotomy line for about 20 minutes then remove it and keep it in the freezer for reusing and assess the level of episiotomy pain using the Numeric Rating Scale for Pain after two hours from delivery. Ice gel pad will be applied for the second time after the episiotomy.
Level of episiotomy-associated pain
Time frame: from enrollmet until four hours after delivery
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