Trial reportJournal of evidence-based complementary & alternative medicine2017
The Effect of Hollyhock (Althaea officinalis L) Leaf Compresses Combined With Warm and Cold Compress on Breast Engorgement in Lactating Women: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Trial report in Journal of evidence-based complementary & alternative medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.
- Treatments for breast engorgement during lactation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Enhancing oxytocin and prolactin levels to address oligogalactia through emotional management and massage in working mothers.Narra J · 2024Trial
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- Evaluation of a new lactation device 'Lactamo' designed to apply massage, heat or cold, and compression to the breast.International breastfeeding journal · 2022Article
- ABM Clinical Protocol #20: Engorgement, Revised 2016.Breastfeeding medicine : the official journal of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine · 2016Observational
- Aloe Vera Gel Compared to Cold/Warm Compresses for Reducing Ecchymosis at the Saphenous Vein Graft Harvest Site: Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial.Iranian journal of nursing and midwifery researchArticle
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Abstract
Breast engorgement affects lactation. The present study was conducted to determine the effect of hollyhock combined with warm and cold compresses on improving breast engorgement in lactating women. Participants included 40 women with breast engorgement divided into intervention and control groups, with participants in both groups being applied routine interventions and warm compress before nursing and a cold compress after nursing; however, the intervention group was also applied hollyhock compress. Both groups received these treatments 6 times during 2 days. The data collected were analyzed in SPSS-16 using a generalized estimating equation. According to the results, a significant difference was observed in the overall breast engorgement severity in the intervention group (P < .001). The severity of breast engorgement was also found to have a significant relationship with time (P < .001). According to the findings, hollyhock leaf compress combined with performing routine interventions for breast engorgement can improve breast engorgement.
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