Warm Pads Applied to the Breast During Episiotomy Repair

Selcuk University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Breastfeeding

Treatments: Other: Warm Pads Applied to the Breast

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT06119646

223278001012

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 210 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 40 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

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.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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210 participants in 2 patient groups

Warm Pads Applied to the Breast

Experimental group

Description:

When repairing the episiotomy of a pregnant woman who has given birth, a pad heated in a microwave oven at 180 W for 1 minute is applied to each breast for 20 minutes. The application is made when the temperature of the pad, measured with a thermometer, reaches a maximum of 40.5 C.

Treatment:

Other: Warm Pads Applied to the Breast

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

A routine care was performed.