[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"health-studies-list:{\"conditionNormalized\":\"postpartum-comfort\",\"overallStatus\":[\"RECRUITING\",\"AVAILABLE\",\"NOT_YET_RECRUITING\"],\"orderBy\":\"LastUpdateSubmitDate:desc\",\"size\":25,\"offset\":0}":3,"health-study-condition:postpartum-comfort":34},{"pageToken":4,"total":5,"offset":6,"count":5,"results":7},null,4,0,[8,60,91,124],{"id":9,"slug":10,"hasResults":11,"nctId":12,"briefTitle":13,"officialTitle":14,"acronym":4,"eligibilityCriteria":15,"healthyVolunteers":16,"sex":17,"minAge":18,"maxAge":19,"enrollmentInfo":20,"targetDuration":4,"studyType":23,"phases":24,"briefSummary":26,"conditions":27,"keywords":41,"overallStatus":47,"whyStopped":4,"lastUpdateSubmitDate":48,"lastUpdatePostDateStruct":49,"startDateStruct":52,"completionDateStruct":54,"leadSponsor":56,"locationsCount":59},"100632191","effects-of-breastfeeding-virtual-reality-and-stress-ball-on-pain-anxiety-cortisol-levels-and-comfort-during-episiotomy-repair-100632191",false,"NCT07510477","Effects of Breastfeeding, Virtual Reality, and Stress Ball on Pain, Anxiety, Cortisol Levels, and Comfort During Episiotomy Repair","Effects of Breastfeeding, Virtual Reality, and Stress Ball on Pain, Anxiety, Cortisol Levels, and Comfort During Episiotomy Repair in Primiparous Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial","Inclusion Criteria:\n\n* Pregnant women between 18 and 45 years of age.\n* Primiparous women (first-time mothers).\n* Gestational age between 37 and 42 weeks (term pregnancy).\n* Singleton pregnancy with a vertex presentation.\n* Spontaneous vaginal delivery requiring a mediolateral episiotomy.\n* Newborn birth weight between 2500 and 4500 grams.\n* Newborn Apgar scores of 7 or higher at the 1st and 5th minutes.\n* Ability to read, understand, and speak Turkish fluently.\n* Voluntary participation with signed informed consent.\n\nExclusion and Withdrawal Criteria:\n\n* Requesting to withdraw from the research at any stage.\n* Presence of any congenital anomalies in the newborn.\n* Presence of maternal visual or hearing impairments.\n* Occurrence of fetal mortality or morbidity.\n* Occurrence of anal sphincter injury or 3rd\u002F4th-degree lacerations in addition to the episiotomy.\n* Performance of the episiotomy repair in an operating room.\n* Use of assisted delivery methods (e.g., vacuum extraction).\n* Administration of sedative drugs or extra anesthetic agents (excluding routine local perineal infiltration).\n* Development of maternal complications (e.g., postpartum hemorrhage) preventing data collection.",true,"FEMALE","18 Years","45 Years",{"count":21,"type":22},120,"ESTIMATED","INTERVENTIONAL",[25],"NA","The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the effects of three different interventions-breastfeeding, using a stress ball, or wearing virtual reality (VR) goggles-on pain, anxiety, and stress during episiotomy repair (stitching) after childbirth. It also aims to examine how these methods affect a mother's comfort after the procedure.\n\nThe main questions it aims to answer are:\n\nDoes breastfeeding, using a stress ball, or using VR goggles lower the mother's pain and anxiety during the repair? Do these interventions reduce the mother's biological stress levels, measured by saliva cortisol tests? Do these methods lead to higher postpartum comfort levels for the mother in the first 24 hours after birth?\n\nResearcher will compare these three intervention groups to a \"control group\" (mothers receiving standard hospital care) to see which approach is most effective.\n\nParticipants will:\n\nBe randomly assigned to one of four groups: Breastfeeding, VR Goggles, Stress Ball, or Standard Care.\n\nUse their assigned intervention throughout the entire episiotomy repair process.\n\nProvide saliva samples before and after the procedure to measure stress hormones (cortisol).\n\nRate their pain and anxiety levels using clinical scales twice: once before the procedure begins and once immediately after it is finished.\n\nComplete a survey about their comfort levels between 6 and 24 hours after the delivery.",[28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40],"Episiotomy","Breastfeeding","Virtual Reality","Virtual Goggles","Anxiety","Cortisol","Postpartum Comfort","Postpartum Comfort Scale","Stress Physiological","PAIN, ANXIETY, AND COMFORT","Acute Pain","Stress Ball","Midwifery",[29,30,39,42,43,44,45,28,46],"Midwifery Care","Primiparous Women","Randomized Controlled Trial","Salivary Cortisol","Episiotomy Repair","NOT_YET_RECRUITING","2026-03-30",{"date":50,"type":51},"2026-04-03","ACTUAL",{"date":53,"type":22},"2026-04",{"date":55,"type":22},"2027-09",{"name":57,"class":58},"Aydin Adnan Menderes University","OTHER",1,{"id":61,"slug":62,"hasResults":11,"nctId":63,"briefTitle":64,"officialTitle":65,"acronym":4,"eligibilityCriteria":66,"healthyVolunteers":11,"sex":17,"minAge":18,"maxAge":19,"enrollmentInfo":67,"targetDuration":4,"studyType":23,"phases":69,"briefSummary":70,"conditions":71,"keywords":79,"overallStatus":81,"whyStopped":4,"lastUpdateSubmitDate":82,"lastUpdatePostDateStruct":83,"startDateStruct":85,"completionDateStruct":87,"leadSponsor":89,"locationsCount":59},"100627359","the-effect-of-reiki-on-breastfeeding-pain-and-comfort-after-cesarean-section-100627359","NCT07447609","THE EFFECT OF REIKI ON BREASTFEEDING, PAIN AND COMFORT AFTER CESAREAN SECTION","THE EFFECT OF REIKI APPLIED DURING THE POSTPARTUM PERIOD ON BREASTFEEDING, PAIN, AND COMFORT IN WOMEN WHO DELIVERED BY CESAREAN SECTION","Inclusion Criteria:\n\n* Mothers aged 18 and over,\n* Literate in Turkish,\n* Non-smoker, non-drug user,\n* Gave birth by cesarean section at term,\n* Baby with them after birth,\n* Not using any breast milk-increasing medication, vitamins, or supplements,\n* Baby's birth weight between 2500-4000 grams,\n* Baby's Apgar score at least seven points at 1 and 5 minutes,\n* Having had a cesarean section under spinal anesthesia,\n* Those who agree to participate in the study.\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n* Preeclampsia\u002Feclampsia, active postpartum hemorrhage, sepsis\u002Ffever ≥38°C,\n* Need for intensive care,\n* Birth before 37 weeks,\n* Serious neonatal problems,\n* Baby arriving at the ward after mother (follow-up in neonatal intensive care unit without hospitalization after birth),\n* Excessive sedation due to analgesia,\n* Communication difficulties,\n* Markedly negative attitude towards Reiki.",{"count":68,"type":22},99,[25],"EFFECT OF REİKİ APPLİED DURİNG THE POSTPARTUM PERİOD ON BREASTFEEDİNG, PAİN, AND COMFORT IN WOMEN WHO DELİVERED BY CESAREAN SECTİON\n\nThe aim of this randomized controlled trial is to determine the effect of Reiki applied to volunteer women after cesarean section on breastfeeding, pain, and comfort in the postpartum period. The main questions it aims to answer are:\n\nIs there a difference in postpartum breastfeeding, pain, and comfort between the group receiving Reiki and the group receiving standard care? Is there a difference in postpartum breastfeeding, pain, and comfort between the group receiving Reiki and the group receiving Sham Reiki? Participants will receive Reiki six times postpartum: three times one-on-one during their hospital stay, and remotely in the second, third, and fourth weeks. The control group will receive standard care. The Sham Reiki group will receive Reiki points applied by a person without Reiki knowledge.",[34,72,73,74,75,76,77,78],"Postpartum Care","Cesarean Section Pain","Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy","Perceived Insufficient Milk Supply","Reiki","Reiki Therapy","Postpartum Pain",[80],"Cesarean section, postpartum care, Reiki, breastfeeding, pain, comfort","RECRUITING","2026-02-26",{"date":84,"type":51},"2026-03-03",{"date":86,"type":51},"2025-01-15",{"date":88,"type":22},"2026-05-20",{"name":90,"class":58},"Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi",{"id":92,"slug":93,"hasResults":11,"nctId":94,"briefTitle":95,"officialTitle":96,"acronym":97,"eligibilityCriteria":98,"healthyVolunteers":16,"sex":17,"minAge":18,"maxAge":99,"enrollmentInfo":100,"targetDuration":4,"studyType":23,"phases":102,"briefSummary":103,"conditions":104,"keywords":109,"overallStatus":81,"whyStopped":4,"lastUpdateSubmitDate":115,"lastUpdatePostDateStruct":116,"startDateStruct":118,"completionDateStruct":120,"leadSponsor":122,"locationsCount":59},"100625756","comparison-of-outpatient-rehabilitation-versus-self-training-for-the-treatment-and-prevention-of-postpartum-pelvic-floor-dysfunction-100625756","NCT07426770","Comparison of Outpatient Rehabilitation Versus Self-training for the Treatment and Prevention of Postpartum Pelvic Floor Dysfunction","Prevention of Female Pelvic Floor Dysfunction Rehabilitation Postpartum.","DDDPREV","Inclusion Criteria:\n\n* 18 years or older\n* This pregnancy was singleton\n* No contraindications for physical activity\n* No connective tissue disorders (for example Ehlers-Danlos syndrome)\n* No neurological disorders to influence pelvic floor symptoms (for example clinically significant spinal disc herniation)\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n* Younger than 18 years\n* Twins or triplet pregnancy\n* Contraindications for physical activity\n* Connective tissue disorders\n* Neurological disorders","50 Years",{"count":101,"type":22},80,[25],"The main goal of this study to compare self-training postpartum and training with a specialist support (physiotherapist and physical medicine and rehabilitation doctor) effect on pelvic floor dysfunction prevention and treatment in postpartum period.\n\nHypothesis: The implementation of postpartum rehabilitation helps to alleviate existing symptoms of pelvic floor dysfunction and prevents pelvic floor dysfunction.\n\nStudy goals:\n\n* To objectively evaluate changes in pelvic organ position and pelvic floor muscle function in postpartum period, before and after specialised rehabilitation program\n* To objectively evaluate pelvic floor symptoms and their influence on woman life quality\n* To compare data (changes in pelvic floor muscle coordination and strength, pelvic organ position and changes in life quality according to validated questionnaires)\n\nStudy participants will:\n\n* Get an examination by obstetrician-gynaecologist, physical medicine and rehabilitation doctor and physiotherapist in 6 to 10 weeks postpartum period.\n* One group of participants will attend physiotherapy, biofeedback and electro stimulation procedures with a guidance of a specialist.\n* Other group of participants gets a recommendations and instructions of training and self-trains at home. To remind of training and help record training time \"squeezy\" app (an application designed for a mobile device) will be offered.\n* All groups of participants will be asked to fill life quality related questionnaires: (ICIQ-UI SF: International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire; P-QoL: Prolapse Quality-of-Life Questionnaire; PISQ-IR: Pelvic Organ Prolapse\u002F Urinary Incontinence Sexual Questionnaire IUGA revised; FSFI: female sexual function index; MOS-SF36 Medical Outcomes Study Short Form-36).",[105,72,34,106,107,108],"Pelvic Floor Dysfunction","Female Urinary Incontinence and Pelvic Organ Prolapse","Rectus Diastasis","Sexual Dysfunction Female",[110,111,112,113,114],"Pelvic floor dysfunction postpartum","Postpartum urinary incontinence","Postpartum sexual dysfunction","Diastasis postpartum","Rehabilitation postpartum","2026-02-16",{"date":117,"type":51},"2026-02-23",{"date":119,"type":51},"2024-01-30",{"date":121,"type":22},"2029-09-30",{"name":123,"class":58},"Vilnius University",{"id":125,"slug":126,"hasResults":11,"nctId":127,"briefTitle":128,"officialTitle":129,"acronym":130,"eligibilityCriteria":131,"healthyVolunteers":11,"sex":17,"minAge":132,"maxAge":4,"enrollmentInfo":133,"targetDuration":4,"studyType":23,"phases":135,"briefSummary":137,"conditions":138,"keywords":4,"overallStatus":81,"whyStopped":4,"lastUpdateSubmitDate":143,"lastUpdatePostDateStruct":144,"startDateStruct":146,"completionDateStruct":148,"leadSponsor":150,"locationsCount":59},"100600834","phase-4-post-cesarean-analgesia-comparing-effectiveness-of-staggered-v-simultaneous-therapies-100600834","NCT07102641","Post-cesarean Analgesia: Comparing Effectiveness of Staggered v. Simultaneous Therapies","PACESS: Post-cesarean Analgesia: Comparing Effectiveness of Staggered v. Simultaneous Therapies","PACESS","Inclusion Criteria:\n\n* \\>\u002F= 34 weeks gestation\n* Singleton pregnancy\n* Delivery via cesarean section under regional anesthesia\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n* Contraindication to acetaminophen or NSAIDs\n* Current or history of opioid use or misuse\n* Intrauterine fetal demise\n* Major congenital anomaly\n* Conversion to general anesthesia intra-op or planned general anesthesia\n* Mid-line vertical skin incision\n* Receipt of intraoperative local analgesia such as Transversus Abdominis Plan (TAP) block or wound infiltration","16 Years",{"count":134,"type":22},825,[136],"PHASE4","Cesarean delivery is a commonly performed surgical procedure associated with worse postpartum pain when compared to vaginal birth. Uncontrolled postpartum pain is associated with increased neonatal and maternal risks. Multimodal non-opioid pain medications, including acetaminophen and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are the preferred first-line therapies. There is no standard practice, however, on best dosing schedules (ie staggered or different time v. simultaneous or same time). This protocol describes a randomized clinical trial aimed to determine whether staggered dosing of acetaminophen and NSAIDs in superior to simultaneous dosing in controlling post-cesarean pain.",[139,34,78,140,141,142],"Cesarean Delivery","Post-operative Pain","NSAIDs","Acetaminophen (D000082)","2025-09-02",{"date":145,"type":51},"2025-09-03",{"date":147,"type":51},"2025-08-26",{"date":149,"type":22},"2027-12",{"name":151,"class":58},"Thomas Jefferson University"]