Ameliorative Potential of Relaxing Back Massage on Puerperial Women's Hormones and Infant Weight

Kafrelsheikh University

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 3; Phase 2

Conditions: Does Postpartum Massage Affect Leptin, Prolactin and Growth Hormone

Treatments: Other: Postpartum back massage in study group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06311643

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Details and patient eligibility

About

Effect of massage on hormone levels in puerperal women

Full description

Postpartum back massage can effectively increase prolactin, growth hormone levels, which in turn can make the baby's growth more healthy and decrease leptin levels, which can protect the child from future obesity and so, clinicians should advise postpartum women to have massage after delivery.

Enrollment: 45 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 25 to 30 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• puerperal women within 4 hours of normal delivery and they are primiparous

Exclusion criteria

• nulliparous More than 30 years or less than 25 years Chronic diseases Caesarean delivery

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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45 participants in 2 patient groups

Study group

Experimental group

Description:

Postpartum Back Massage is done to puerperal women just after 4 hours of delivery and for 1 month with rate of 3 sessions per week and routine postnatal care

Treatment:

Other: Postpartum back massage in study group

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Puerperal women just have routine post natal care for 1 month