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ArticleJournal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences2024

Effect of Kegel Exercise and Prone Position on After Pain Among Postpartum Mothers.

V Dhanuja, S KalaBarathi, J Jagadeeswari

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Article in Journal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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V DhanujaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Saveetha College of Nursing, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
S KalaBarathiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Saveetha College of Nursing, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
J JagadeeswariDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Saveetha College of Nursing, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

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Abstract

Background: Afterpain is a common discomfort felt by most of the postpartum mothers which is occurred due to delayed involution. Kegel exercise and prone position enhance the involution. Aim: The aim of the study was to determine the effectiveness of Kegel exercise and prone position on afterpain among postpartum mothers. Material and Methods: A Quasi-experimental pretest post-test with control group research design was used. Using nonprobability purposive sampling technique recruited 60 postpartum mothers who met the criteria. The level of afterpain was assessed by using visual analog scale. Experimental group was educated to do Kegel exercise for 3 days and lie in prone position for 3-5 minutes, 3 times for 3 days. Control group follows routine postnatal care posttest was conducted. Results: The study results concluded that the afterpain mean difference was 0.53, 1.70, 1.80, and 4.03. The calculated paired Conclusion: Therefore, Kegel exercise and prone position was effective in reducing afterpain during postpartum period.

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AfterpainKegel exercisepostnatal motherprone position

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PMCPMC11426898

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