TerminatedNot Applicable

Add-on Effectiveness of EA or TENS in Early Postpartum Breast Engorgement

Stopped: No grants from the Ministry of Science and Technology or school grants, no funds can be executed, so the application is terminated.

Taiwan2 participantsStarted 2017-09-12

Plain-language summary

A total of 36 volunteers of postpartum women within 7 days with significant breast engorgement, will be recruited in China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan. The participants will be randomly assigned into 3 groups, each of 12 people, namely, routine care group, routine care plus electrical-acupuncture experiment group, and routine care plus transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation group.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 50 Years

SexFEMALE

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Inclusion Criteria: * Gestational age \> 37 wk * Delivery of singleton, healthy newborn baby * Within 7 days postpartum * Within 24 hours from initial painful breast engorgement * Difficulty on lactation due to plugged ducts, SI index ≧ 5 (0-19) Exclusion Criteria: * Fever\>37.5∘C * Mastitis or breast abscess * Signs of sepsis or other infection * Perinatal mother and infant diseases (Gestational hypertension、Gestational Diabetes Mellitus、Pre-eclampsia 、Gestational thyroid diseases or Intrauterine growth retardation) * Psychological diseases * Bleeding tendency * Artificial valves * Pacemaker * Epilepsy * Consciousness disturbance * Skin infections * Hepatitis B carrier * Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome * Breast tumors * Breast Surgeries

What they're measuring

Severity Index (0-19)

Timeframe: Changes from Baselines of Severity Index, at each treatment and 1 month later

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04998565

SponsorChina Medical University Hospital

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2018-06-30