The Use of Abdominal Binders in Patients Undergoing Cesarean Sections

St. Luke's Hospital, Pennsylvania

Status and phase: Unknown; Phase 3

Conditions: Cesarean Section Post Operative Management

Treatments: Device: abdominal Binder

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02129894

SLHN-50-14

Details and patient eligibility

About

To see if the use of Abdominal Binders improves patients out comes after cesarean delivery

Full description

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.

Enrollment: 210 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 50 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Women undergoing cesarean section for any indication

Exclusion criteria

• unable to give consent

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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210 participants in 2 patient groups

abdominal binder

Active Comparator group

Description:

Post cesarean section patients will get a abdominal binder placed

Treatment:

Device: abdominal Binder

No Abdominal Binder

No Intervention group

Description:

Post cesarean section patients will not have abdominal binder