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عفاف محمد محمد امام

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Effect of Virtual Care on Postpartum Pain and Episiotomy Healing Among Primiparous Women

Egyptian Journal of Health Care • 2024
العودة
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
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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
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