Volume : VIII, Issue : X, October - 2019

EFFECT OF ESSENTIAL OIL ON EPISIOTOMY PAIN AND WOUND HEALING–A RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIAL

Dr. Rajni Sharma

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Motherhood is a beautiful process whereby the mother safely delivers a child .It is the magic of creation. Care must be given to ensure safe childbirth. Safe motherhood initiative Perineal trauma can cause considerable distress and discomfort to many women following child birth. Its severity is frequently under estimated and many women suffer un–necessarily, often in silence. Perineal pain in early post natal period has been reported as one of the most common causes of maternal morbidity. In the given comparative study lavender oil Vs sitz bath is used over episiotomy pain and wound healing. The instrument used for the Study was numerical pain rating scale, and REEDA scale, A total of 60 Subjects were selected for the study as per the inclusion and exclusion of selection of sample 30 of them were allotted to Experimental group(A) with application of lavender oil and 30 of them were allotted to the experimental Group (B) with sitz bath application .Nature and purpose of study will be explained, Demographic data was be collected from postnatal mothers. Pre intervention data was obtained from post natal mothers through numerical pain rating scale and (Davidsons 1974)REEDA scale. The Episiotomy pain and healing of episiotomy wound will be assessed everyday by numerical pain rating scale and REEDA scale , The Episiotomy pain and healing of episiotomy wound will be assessed everyday by Numerical pain rating scale and REEDA scale, Application of Sitz bath for the frequency of twice a day for 7 consecutive days to one group and lavender oil 2 drops twice for 7 days .Post test was obtained three times after 24 hrs.,48hrs, 72 hrs,96 hrs,120hrs, 144hrs and 168 hrs. And the study concluded that lavender oil is more effective in reducing Episiotomy pain and Improving Episiotomy wound healing and also it effective, no pharmacologic, accessible, cost–effective.

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EFFECT OF ESSENTIAL OIL ON EPISIOTOMY PAIN AND WOUND HEALING-A RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIAL, Dr. RAJNI SHARMA INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-10 | October-2019

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