The Effect of Su Jok Application on Pain, Anxiety and Comfort Levels After Cesarean Section

Condition(s) studied

Investigational drug(s) / intervention(s)

Su Jok Application: The patient's hands will be preferred for the application due to the comfort and convenience of the woman after cesarean section. Su Jok therapy, massage and seed will be applied to the reflection points on the hand based on the area to be treated.

Placebo Application: Placebo Intervention: The placebo group will be massaged and seed will be applied to an area where there is no reflection of the Su Jok organ.

Study summary

Objective: To determine the effect of Su Jok application on pain, anxiety and comfort level after cesarean section. The research will be conducted as a randomized controlled experimental study with pretest-posttest control group

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Primary outcome measure(s)

• Personal Information Form — 10 months
  There are 21 questions in this form, prepared by the researchers in line with the literature
• Visual Analog Scale (VAS) — 10 months
  The Visual Analog Scale is an assessment tool in which patients mark on a 10 cm ruler. The 10 cm scale, which is a numerical pain assessment scale, starts with "No pain (0)" and ends with "Intolerable pain (10)". The patient is asked to mark the place on the line that expresses pain. The distance marked by the patient is measured by taking zero as the starting distance. In this way, the patient's pain level is determined. In this study, a horizontal VAS will be used to assess pain intensity. The reason for choosing this scale in the study is that it is easy to understand and easy to use by the participants.
• Verbal Category Scale — 10 months
  The scale is based on the selection of the most appropriate word to describe the patient's pain condition. The pain of the patients is evaluated with the scoring method 'No Pain 0 points, Very Mild Pain 2 points, Mild Pain 4 points, Severe Pain 6 points, Very Severe Pain 8 points, Unbearable Pain 10 points'. The patient will be asked to select the appropriate pain level. The scale is easy to apply and easy to classify.
• Spielberg State Anxiety Scale — 10 months
  This scale was developed by Spielberger et al. Developed by. The adaptation of the scale to Turkish and its validity and reliability studies were carried out by Öner and Le Compte in 1983.The scale is a 4-point Likert scale consisting of the options "not at all", "somewhat", "a lot", "completely". There are 10 direct and 10 reversed statements in the scale. Positive (increasing the total anxiety score) for items 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18 in the scale; 1, 2, 5, 8, 10, 11, 15, 16, 19 Negative scores (reducing the total anxiety score) are obtained for the 20th items. The highest score is 80 and the lowest score is 20. A high total score indicates that the person's anxiety level is also high.Cronbach's alpha coefficient was found to be 0.79 for state anxiety. In this study, Cronbach's Alpha value was found to be 0.83.
• Postpartum Comfort Scale — 10 months
  The scale developed by Karakaplan and Yıldız (2010) to determine women's comfort after cesarean delivery and vaginal delivery is Likert-type and consists of 34 items. Each item is scored between "strongly disagree" (1 point) and "strongly agree" (5 points). The lowest score that can be obtained from the scale is 34 and the highest score is 170. The scale consists of three sub-dimensions (physical, psychosocial and sociocultural). An increase in the score obtained from the scale indicates an increase in comfort. Cronbach Alpha internal consistency coefficient was calculated as 0.78.

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