Kazemi 2019.
Study name | Comparative study of the effects of reflexology and auriculo therapy on the pain after cesarean section |
Methods | Randomised controlled trial; double‐blinded |
Participants | Inclusion criteria: single pregnancy; low‐risk pregnancy; not having special disease history; lack of starting labour pain; having a transverse incision cesarean section surgery; belonging to the first class of anaesthesia risk Exclusion criteria: discomfort in ear or pain while massaging or putting pressure on feet; complications during and after CS |
Interventions | Intervention: reflexology intervention takes place for 20 minutes in both 6 hours and 30 hours after the CS Intervention: auriculo therapy intervention; the auricular seed are attached for 24 hours Control: standard care; the researcher is present at the mother's bedside for 20 minutes doing nothing twice |
Outcomes | Pain |
Starting date | 23 August 2018 |
Contact information | NameMajid Kazemi Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Iran +98 34 3425 7663 | dr.kazemi.n@rums.ac.ir |
Notes | IRCT20131228015965N15 |No data provided |