The effect of acupressure on severity of pain after childbirth

The effect of acupressure and touch point (SP6) on pain intensity after delivery 88 qualified mothers give birth on 22 Bahman hospital in Gonabad city

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT2016070428240N2

Enrollment

Registered

2016-08-22

Start date

2016-07-22

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2018-02-22

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Conditions

Pain after childbirth. Pelvic and perineal pain

Interventions

Intervention 1: In this group, women in the postpartum hospital stay of up to 2 hours after delivery, constantly checked by the researcher.Whenever the mother of the labor complained, first ruler of h

At the end of the technique, using a visual analog scale of pain intensity measured immediately after 30-60-120 minutes. Finally, the pain is compared in the two groups. Intervention 2: Sp6 point of i

Sp6 point of intervention in the control group in the same way, but without pressure and just touch this point, are found.

In this group, women in the postpartum hospital stay of up to 2 hours after delivery, constantly checked by the researcher.Whenever the mother of the labor complained, first ruler of her pain with pai

At the end of the technique, using a visual analog scale of pain intensity measured immediately after 30-60-120 minutes. Finally, the pain is compared in the two groups.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria included: Mother's consent, vaginal birth, the second birth, age 37 to 42 weeks of pregnancy, Mother of labor complaints after moderate or severe (a score of 4 or more), having at least Literacy Study, 2500 to 4000 grams birth weight, BMI is between 19.8 to 29 kg per square meter., physiological Delivery without cutting .and non-traumatic childbirth. Exclusion criteria included: Maternal use of methods of pain relief, a long and difficult birth, mother's addiction to drugs, cesarean and intra- abdominal surgery?Postpartum hemorrhage and disease .No need for Oxytocin and augmented., not satisfied with the research unit, the uncertainty of the effect of acupressure and fear of the unknown effects. Traumatic delivery.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria:

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Pain after childbirth. Timepoint: Baseline to two hours after the intervention. Method of measurement: Visual Analogue Scale.	—

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactFatemeh Yaghoobi Moghadam Bilondi

Shahroud University of Medical Sciences

f.yaghoobi.m@gmail.com;yaghoobi@shmu.ac.ir+98 51 5733 2689

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026