Beta
205004

Effect of Foot Massage on Fatigue and Incisional Pain among Post Caesarean Women

Article

Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

Subjects

-

Tags

-

Abstract

Background: Cesarean section is accompanied by persistent post-operative pain. Alternative techniques such as acupressure and massage therapy are fairly efficient for minimizing post-cesarean pain and reducing fatigue levels in some trials. Foot massage appears to be effective, affordable, low-risk, adaptable, and simple to use. Aim:  To determine the effect of foot massage on fatigue level and incisional pain among post-cesarean women.Subjects and Methods: Design: A quasi-experimental design was utilized to conduct this study. Setting: The study was conducted at obstetrics department in Beni-Seuif university hospital/ Egypt. Subject: A purposive sampling technique was employed to choose a sample of 100 post-cesarean women who were then randomly assigned into two groups, with 50 post-cesarean women in each group (the intervention and control groups). Tools: Three tools were used (I) a structured interview questionnaire, (II) a fatigue assessment scale, and (III) Visual Analogue Scale. Results: The current study revealed that the majority of intervention group experienced mild pain during the posttest when compared to the control group. Additionally there was highly statistical significant differences regarding to the scores  of fatigue and pain in the intervention group as compared to control group pain ( P= <0.05. Conclusion: Foot massage was useful in reducing fatigue level and incisional pain among post-cesarean women. Recommendations: Post cesarean women should be provided with a simple and applicable strategy to reduce fatigue levels and control pain.

DOI

10.21608/ejhc.2021.205004

Keywords

Foot massage, fatigue level, Incisional Pain, post cesarean women

Authors

First Name

Hayam

Last Name

Fathey Ahmed Eittah

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Assistant Professor of Maternal and Newborn Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Menoufia University, Egypt

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Fatma

Last Name

Saber Nady Mohammed

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Lecturer of Maternity and Newborn Health Nursing, Beni-Suef University/ Egypt

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Nagat

Last Name

Salah Shalaby salama

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Assistance professor of maternity, gynecology and obstetrics nursing, Faculty of nursing, Port Said University/ Egypt

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Noha

Last Name

Hassan AbdElfattah Mohamed

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Lecturer of Maternal and Neonatal Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Beni-Suef University/ Egypt

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

Volume

12

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

20169

Issue Date

2021-03-01

Receive Date

2021-11-15

Publish Date

2021-03-01

Page Start

1,410

Page End

1,418

Print ISSN

1687-9546

Online ISSN

3009-6766

Link

https://ejhc.journals.ekb.eg/article_205004.html

Detail API

https://ejhc.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=205004

Order

84

Type

Original Article

Type Code

631

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Health Care

Publication Link

https://ejhc.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

Effect of Foot Massage on Fatigue and Incisional Pain among Post Caesarean Women

Details

Type

Article

Created At

22 Jan 2023