Examining the Postpartum Comfort and Physical Symptomology of Primiparous Women with Episiotomy During the First Six Months After Birth
Hülya Tosun,
Sevilay Tepeyurt,
Ayşegül Güneş
Abstract:Aim: This study aimed to examine primiparous women’s comfort and physical symptoms over six months postpartum after episiotomy.
Material and Method: In this study, descriptive clinical follow-up was performed in primiparous 32 pregnant women in a state hospital. The Postpartum Comfort Scale and Postpartum Physical Symptom Severity Scales were used.
Results: The results of Cohran’s Q and Friedman’s tests revealed that women’s postpartum comfort and physical symptom scores improved more at the end o… Show more
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