Clinical Trial: THE EFFECT OF SKIN-TO-SKIN CONTACT ON PAIN AND ANXIETY DURING EPISIOTOMY REPAIR

U.S., Nov. 4 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07914517) titled 'THE EFFECT OF SKIN-TO-SKIN CONTACT ON PAIN AND ANXIETY DURING EPISIOTOMY REPAIR' on Oct. 28.

Brief Summary: Episiotomy is a surgical incision made in the perineum during the second stage of labor. The suturing (repair) process following episiotomy causes significant acute perineal pain and state anxiety in women due to the rich nerve supply of the perineum. Although the physiological and psychological benefits of early skin-to-skin contact (SSC) for mothers and newborns are widely reported in the literature, studies evaluating the effects of SSC on maternal pain and anxiety during episiotomy repair, when surgical stress is intense, a...