CompletedNot Applicable

Comparative Effects of Cryotherapy and Infrared Light on Pain, Redness, and Healing of Episiotomy Wound

Pakistan24 participantsStarted 2024-03-20

Plain-language summary

The study will be a randomized clinical trial and will be conducted in Bahawalpur Victoria Hospital, Bahawalpur. The subjects (n=24) will be divided into two groups. Group A will include 12 postnatal women and for treatment, cryotherapy will be applied for 20 minutes. Group B will include 12 women and receive infrared light, an infrared lamp will be put at a distance of 45 cm from the perineum, and the heat produced with 230 volts for twenty minutes. The participant will be checked after the first five minutes to make sure that she is not being burned. This procedure will be done twice a day for 7 consecutive days.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 35 Years

SexFEMALE

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Inclusion Criteria: * Women who underwent episiotomy between 6 to 24 hours postpartum. * Delivered a live baby. * Complete full-term labor. * episiotomy type medial and Medio-lateral. * primiparous women and multiparous women. Exclusion Criteria: Used pain-relieving drugs. * Women with diabetes and pre-eclampsia. * Febrile conditions. * Severe infection. * Chronic medical conditions that may affect wound healing. * Allergies and sensitivity to heat/cold. * Recent surgery of pelvis or abdomen.

What they're measuring

Numeric Pain Rating Scale

Timeframe: up to 1 week

The standardized REEDA scale:

Timeframe: up to 1 week

Trial details

NCT IDNCT06325176

SponsorRiphah International University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2024-10-01

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