TABLE 5.

Effect of wearing a abdominal binder (AB) on patient discomfort.

Study	Type of study	Population	Effect on discomfort
Karaca et al. [16]	Prospective randomised study between September 2017 and January 2018	89 patients undergoing caesarean section with randomised selection of 45 patients with AB and 44 without AB	SDS measurement: In favour of the AB 8 h after the caesarean: 11.8 vs. 12.9 (p = 0.024) 24 h after, 10.7 vs. 13.6 (p < 0.001). 48 h after, 8.8 vs. 12.6 (p < 0.001)
Ghana et al. [17]	Prospective randomised study between January and October 2015	178 patients operated on (89 with AB and 89 without AB)	Significantly lower SDS in favour of wearing an AB after 24 h (15 vs. 18, p < 0.001) and after 48 h (14 vs. 16, p < 0.001)
Abd-ElGawad et al. [29]	Meta-analysis	6 randomised trials with 702 patients (369 with AB and 333 without AB)	Improvement in SDS in the AB group with a reduction in the score of 1.87 (p = 0.001) at 24 h after the caesarean section and at 48 h after (1.87, p = 0.002)

SDS, symptom distress scale.