Authors: İlkim Çıtak Karakaya İnci Yüksel Türkan Akbayrak Funda Demirtürk Mehmet Gürhan Karakaya Özgür Özyüncü Sinan Beksaç
Publish Date: 2011/08/10
Volume: 285, Issue: 3, Pages: 621-627
Abstract
Fifty women were evaluated after Cesarean operation with regard to times of ambulation and return of bowel activity intensity of incision pain difficulty in functional activities and number of analgesics required additional to routine pain control procedure Twentyfour women received only routine nursing care and a physiotherapy program was applied to the study group n = 26 additionallyPostoperative ambulation and return of bowel activity were earlier in the study group p 005 Incision pain and difficulty in functional activities decreased significantly within 2 days in both groups and the values were lower in the study group p 005 Study group needed less medication for pain control p 005Findings revealed the effectiveness of a physiotherapy program in the early postcesarean period in a wider perspective than the current literature and are considered to be valuable for increasing the quality and productivity of the postnatal care therefore improving wellbeing after childbirthThe authors thank the nurses and trainees of Hacettepe University Hospitals Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology for their valuable cooperation and help for the study This study presents major findings of the doctoral thesis by the first author and was supported by Scientific Research Unit of Hacettepe University Project number 05 T02 102 003
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