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- Title
Effects of skin‐to‐skin contact on afterpain and postpartum hemorrhage: A randomized controlled trial.
- Authors
Aydin Kartal, Yasemin; Kaya, Leyla; Yazici, Saadet; Engin, Betül; Karakus, Resul
- Abstract
This study determined the effects of skin‐to‐skin contact between the mother and the infant during the third stage of labor on postpartum hemorrhage and pain. This assessor‐blinded randomized controlled trial was conducted with primiparous women. Skin‐to‐skin contact interventions between the infants and their mothers occurred for 30 min after birth (n = 34), whereas the infants in the control group were provided routine care (n = 34). Data were gathered using a Personal Information Form, the Visual Analog Scale‐Pain, postpartum bleeding follow‐up bags, and records of blood oxytocin and beta endorphin levels. There was no significant difference in beta‐endorphin levels in both groups (p = 0.771), whereas it was determined that the 30th min oxytocin level was significantly higher in the intervention group (The Visual Analog Scale‐Pain score at the postpartum sixth hour was significantly lower in the intervention group. It was found that skin‐to‐skin contact made at the third stage of labor reduced the amount of postpartum hemorrhage. The results of this study suggested that skin‐to‐skin contact intervention may have beneficial effects on postpartum pain and postpartum hemorrhage in the early postpartum period
- Subjects
OXYTOCIN; POSTPARTUM hemorrhage; VISUAL analog scale; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; PUERPERIUM; ENZYME-linked immunosorbent assay; RESEARCH funding; POSTNATAL care; SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors; PAIN management; ENDORPHINS
- Publication
Nursing & Health Sciences, 2022, Vol 24, Issue 2, p479
- ISSN
1441-0745
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/nhs.12945