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Study aim
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The effects of early feeding on the amount of pain in elective cesarean patients, admitted to Imam Khomaini hospital In Divandareh 1395
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Design
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This study will be performed on 126 patients under elective cesarean section having the qualification of entering this study, they will be divided into intervention and control groups. The pain will be measured based on the VAS instrument and recorded as the time of entering the department, 6,12,18, and 24 hours after surgery.
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Settings and conduct
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People studied in this research will include all Cesarean section patients admitted to the women ward in Imam Khomeini Hospital of Divandareh. After obtaining the consent of the university Ethics Committee and receiving an introduction letter from the university research assistant and getting the permission from the hospital and gynecology department of the Imam Khomeini Hospital, the researcher will attend at the morning shift of the hospital delivery department. She will study the Pregnant elective cesarean women files and will select the qualified ones.
Then, the goals of the survey will be explained to the qualified patients and informed consent will be taken from them and data collection will begin. Sampling will be available and after selecting the samples randomly using closed envelopes, they will be in one of the two groups: control or start feeding early with the liquid diet.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Entry criteria includes singleton pregnant women, 38-42 weeks of pregnancy, elective Cesarean ( history of at least another previous cesarean).
Exit criteria: Needing for blood transfusion for any cause, postoperative fever, post-partum anomalies diagnosis.
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Intervention groups
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Patients in the intervention group (early feeding with liquid diet) will be placed in sitting position 6 hours after surgery. Mouth feeding, Initially, 30 ml equals to half of a glass of tea and 4 cubes of dissolved sugar will be given to the mother. Then, in case of tolerance and lack of nausea and vomiting after an hour, this volume doubles and can drink 60 ml of the liquid. After this time, based on the dietary intake of the patients, patients will receive juice and yogurt in the form of a soup diet if they tolerate and do not have nausea and vomiting, so that the patient's minimum fluid intake will be 1500 ml for each person per 24 hours. After starting mouth feeding, the flow of the vein fluid will be stopped. Before starting feeding, the pain of the mothers will be measured and recorded. The amount of pain at the time of entering the department, 24,18,12,6 after surgery, is determined by the pain reliever and will be recorded by the researcher in the questionnaire.
Patients in the control group will be treated according to the routine care. Meaning they will lie down on the back position for 12 hours without eating or drinking anything. The amount of pain at the time of entering the department, 24,18,12,6 after surgery, is determined by the pain reliever and will be recorded by the researcher in the questionnaire.
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Main outcome variables
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pain