Healing Touch After Cesarean

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Pain, Postoperative, Anxiety, Postpartum Complication

In brief

Pain and anxiety are the most common complications after cesarean birth, and impair the mother's ability to optimally care for herself and her newborn. It is important for health care providers to evaluate options post-operatively to maximize symptom management and quality of care for these patients, including the option of complementary therapies such as Healing Touch (HT). This study examines the effects of HT after cesarean delivers , including the differences between pain (Numeric Rating Scale) and anxiety (Numeric Rating scale) through a Randomized Control Trial study design. The total sample size for the proposed study will include 160 participants. The study will include patients' age ≥18 years. Based on their randomization, the study coordinator at each site will schedule either 1) a Healing Touch (HT) practitioner for the intervention group OR 2) a non-HT practitioner who will collect data for the control group. HT practitioner will verify consent, then ask the woman to complete baseline measurements of pain and anxiety. Levels of pain and anxiety will be reassessed post-intervention.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05053360

Run by

Inova Health Care Services

People needed

210

Starts

2021-08-17

Expected to finish

2023-04-14

Last updated by the study team

2024-06-11

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 45. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• the ability to ensure informed consent and completion of study assessments
• the ability to speak, read, and understand English
• scheduled cesarean delivery
• ≥18 years of age

You may not qualify if…

• Non-English speaking due to the fidelity and variability of the research
• Prisoners
• Isolation precautions
• active psychosis and impaired cognition
• cesarean delivery who delivers prior to scheduled cesarean date -

Where it is running

• Inova Health System — Leesburg, Virginia, United States

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