Effect of Foot and Hand Massage on Relieving Post-Cesarean Section Incisional Pain and Improving Patient' Satisfaction | ||
| Trends in Nursing and Health Care Journal | ||
| Article 3, Volume 4, Issue 1, June 2022, Pages 31-46 PDF (641.79 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/tnhcj.2022.248087 | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Back ground: Pain is one of the most common problems after cesarean section. Pain can interfere with a woman's ability to care for herself and her baby, so this study aimed to evaluate the effect of foot and hand massage for relieving post-Cesarean section incisional pain and improving patient’ satisfaction. Subjects and methods: Setting: This study was conducted in the department of obstetrics and gynecology (postnatal ward) of El-Manzala General Hospital at Aldakahlia Governorate. Design: Quasi-experimental research design was used to achieve the aim of the current study. Sampling Type: Convenience sampling. Sample: The sample size was estimated to be 159 subjects divided into 3 groups (53 mothers for each group). Tools: Four data collection tools, An interviewing structured questionnaire, Numerical rating scale; Modified McGill pain questionnaire short form (SF-MPQ), and Likert Scale. Results: There was significant relieving of pain level among the three intervention groups (foot, hand, foot & hand massage groups) at the third session of massage where (P <0.01). Foot and hand massage group had significantly lower pain scores than the other two groups (P <0.05). Conclusion: Foot and hand massage has a positive effect in reducing the mean score of pain level post-cesarean section. Also, the majority of patients post cesarean section were satisfied with the application of foot and hand massage for reliving post-cesarean section incisional pain. Recommendations: using of foot and hand massage to be one of the routine care to women post-cesarean Also, A distribution of a booklet about pain management post cesarean section and distributed among post-cesarean section mother. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Foot and hand massage; Incisional pain; post cesarean section; and Relieving pain | ||
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