Deep Tissue Massage on Pain and Comfort After Cesarean

Material and Method

This research was conducted between May 2019 and November 2019 in Inonu University Turgut Ozal Medical Center Training and Research Hospital. When power analysis was performed, the sample size was calculated to be at least 81 women for each group (81 experiments, 81 controls). Experimental group received deep tissue massage twice at 11st and 23rd hours after cesarean section. Data collection form for experimental and control groups before the first massage; Visual Analog Scala was applied four times before and after both massages. After the second massage, both groups were re-administered. Descriptive statistics and independent t-test were used for data analysis.

Inclusion criteria

• Pain severity is 45 mm or more according to the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS),
• Having a single and healthy newborn,
• Does not respond negatively to any attempt to touch like massage,
• Women whose tissue integrity is complete and healthy in the area to be massaged were included in the sample.

Exclusion criteria

• Those with cesarean section with general anesthesia,
• Any problems diagnosed before birth and at birth (such as oligohydramnios, preeclampsia, heart disease, diabetes, placenta previa)
• Any complications related to the mother and baby in the postpartum period (bleeding, hypertension, babies taken to the neonatal intensive care unit, etc.),
• Those who received repeat doses other than routine narcotic analgesics (0.5 mg in the first 30 minutes) were not included in the study.