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Effects of VE, Focus, Expressive Touch on Pain, Anxiety, Breastfeeding and Mobilization in Women Delivering by Cesarean Section
Sponsor: Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University
Summary
Cesarean section is one of the most common surgical interventions in many countries. It is seen that 21.1% of women worldwide, 57.5% in Turkey, give birth by cesarean section. 99.6% of women have pain in the first 24 hours after cesarean section and oral analgesia is not sufficient for pain. It is seen that pain has an effect on recovery and breastfeeding after CS.This study will be conducted to determine the effects of non-pharmacological methods, virtual reality glasses, focusing and expressive touch on pain, anxiety, breastfeeding and mobilization in women giving birth by cesarean section. The ınvestigators aim to contribute to the midwifery and nursing care literature with the findings and results of the study.
Key Details
Gender
FEMALE
Age Range
18 Years - 35 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
208
Start Date
2024-12-20
Completion Date
2025-05-30
Last Updated
2024-12-18
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Virtual reality glasses (VR) application
It will be evaluated at 1 and 6 hours after the Caesarean section and a relaxing video called Relaxation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1iboKia3AQ, a video containing nature scenes accompanied by nature sounds) will be shown for a maximum of 20 minutes through virtual reality glasses (Toker and Gökduman Keleş, 2024).
Those who are applied expressive touch
Expressive touch does not require any preparation other than warming the hands to the same temperature as the body temperature. During expressive touch practice; the parts of the body that are touched the most are the hands, arms, forehead, hair and shoulders. The hands are massaged during the touch and the arms and shoulders are lightly touched before and after the massage, so that the expressive touch made on the hands is effective (Pinar and Demirel, 2021; Routasalo, 1999) After the evaluation, the researcher will apply expressive touch to one of the mother's hands for an average of 15-20 minutes
Focus
. The researcher mother will be asked to focus on her baby for 10 minutes (Kiliçli Id and Zeyneloglu Id, 2024; Vamour et al., 2019).