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Effects of Breastfeeding, Virtual Reality, and Stress Ball on Pain, Anxiety, Cortisol Levels, and Comfort During Episiotomy Repair

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the effects of three different interventions-breastfeeding, using a stress ball, or wearing virtual reality (VR) goggles-on pain, anxiety, and stress during episiotomy repair (stitching) after childbirth. It also aims to examine how these methods affect a mother's comfort after the procedure. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does breastfeeding, using a stress ball, or using VR goggles lower the mother's pain and anxiety during the repair? Do these interventions reduce the mother's biological stress levels, measured by saliva cortisol tests? Do these methods lead to higher postpartum comfort levels for the mother in the first 24 hours after birth? Researcher will compare these three intervention groups to a "control group" (mothers receiving standard hospital care) to see which approach is most effective. Participants will: Be randomly assigned to one of four groups: Breastfeeding, VR Goggles, Stress Ball, or Standard Care. Use their assigned intervention throughout the entire episiotomy repair process. Provide saliva samples before and after the procedure to measure stress hormones (cortisol). Rate their pain and anxiety levels using clinical scales twice: once before the procedure begins and once immediately after it is finished. Complete a survey about their comfort levels between 6 and 24 hours after the delivery.

THE EFFECT OF VIRTUAL REALITY APPLICATION ON PAIN, ANXIETY, AND COMFORT DURING CURETTAGE/DILATATION

The problems experienced by women at the stage of deciding to have a miscarriage, during and after miscarriage differ and their anxiety levels vary. It was determined that women experienced fear, thinking that they would sin, guilt, regret and indecision at the stage of deciding to abort. methods are used to relieve the pain and anxiety caused by interventional procedures in patients in direct proportion to the development of technology. Virtual reality (VR), one of these methods, is an innovative, up-to-date and unique application, combining reality and imagination with fictional technology.There is no study in the literature on the application of SG during curettage/dilatation procedure. This study was conducted to determine the effect of SG application on pain anxiety and comfort during curettage/dilatation procedure.