عفاف محمد محمد امام
أستاذ
Effect of Virtual Care on Postpartum Pain and Episiotomy Healing Among Primiparous Women
Egyptian Journal of Health Care • 2024
معلومات البحث
المؤلفون
Afaf Mohammad Emam(1), Nageya Ezzat Said(2)
, Nabaweya Salah Shehata(3)
الكلمات المفتاحية
virtual care, postpartum pain, episiotomy healing,
المجلة العلمية
Egyptian Journal of Health Care
الناشر
Afaf Mohammad Emam
المجلد
15
العدد
2
الصفحات
1515-1527
publication.type
Local
رابط البحث
Not Available
المواد المرفقة
Afaf Mohamed Mohamed Emam_5af.pdf
الملخص
Background: Perineal pain is a major complaint of postpartum females with normal vaginal
delivery. Using of new technology in providing health education to postpartum women without
space and time limitations is a simple nursing intervention helps in improving healing procedure.
Aim: To evaluate the impact of Virtual Care on Postpartum Pain and Episiotomy healing among
Primiparous subjects. Design A quasi-experimental study (control- study group) Setting: At the
obstetric unit of Banha University Maternity Hospital. Sample: 126 females. Tools: four tools were
used: I) a structured interview questionnaire; II Visual Analogue Scale; III The standardized
REEDA scales and Women satisfaction Likert scale. Results: The current study illustrated 60.3% of
study group has no pain after 7 days of intervention compared to 0% of control group, also 38.7% of
control group has severe pain after 7days of delivery compared to 0% in study group. as well 60.3
% of study group had complete episiotomy healing compared to 31.7% of control group , There
was a high significant direct correlation between reduction of pain intensity and healing process
levels among the study group throughout follow up days of the study (p ≤ 0.001). Conclusion: The
current study concluded that application of virtual care proved to be effective in decreasing the
postpartum pain intensity and enhancing episiotomy healing process. Recommendations:
application of virtual care should be integrated as nursing intervention for women during
postpartum period
delivery. Using of new technology in providing health education to postpartum women without
space and time limitations is a simple nursing intervention helps in improving healing procedure.
Aim: To evaluate the impact of Virtual Care on Postpartum Pain and Episiotomy healing among
Primiparous subjects. Design A quasi-experimental study (control- study group) Setting: At the
obstetric unit of Banha University Maternity Hospital. Sample: 126 females. Tools: four tools were
used: I) a structured interview questionnaire; II Visual Analogue Scale; III The standardized
REEDA scales and Women satisfaction Likert scale. Results: The current study illustrated 60.3% of
study group has no pain after 7 days of intervention compared to 0% of control group, also 38.7% of
control group has severe pain after 7days of delivery compared to 0% in study group. as well 60.3
% of study group had complete episiotomy healing compared to 31.7% of control group , There
was a high significant direct correlation between reduction of pain intensity and healing process
levels among the study group throughout follow up days of the study (p ≤ 0.001). Conclusion: The
current study concluded that application of virtual care proved to be effective in decreasing the
postpartum pain intensity and enhancing episiotomy healing process. Recommendations:
application of virtual care should be integrated as nursing intervention for women during
postpartum period
