TY - JOUR ID - 9975 TI - An Investigation into the Effect of Alpha Ointment (Fundermol) On Perineal Pain Relief Following Episiotomy in Nulliparous Women JO - Journal of Midwifery and Reproductive Health JA - JMRH LA - en SN - AU - Abedian, Zahra AU - Navinezhad, Mozhdeh AU - Asili, Javad AU - Esmaeili, Habibollah AD - Lecturer, Evidence-Based Care Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran AD - MSc Student of Midwifery, Student Research Committee, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran AD - Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran AD - Professor, Department of Epidemiology and biostatistics, School of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran Y1 - 2018 PY - 2018 VL - 6 IS - 1 SP - 1149 EP - 1156 KW - Alpha ointment KW - Episiotomy KW - Intensity of episiotomy pain DO - 10.22038/jmrh.2017.9975 N2 - Background & aim: Pain is the most common complaint of mothers after episiotomy. Various medications are used for the alleviation of this pain. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of alpha ointment on the relief of pain caused by episiotomy. Methods: This double-blind clinical trial was conducted on 70 primiparous women in Ommolbanin Hospital in Mashhad, Iran. The participants were divided into two groups of control and intervention. The intervention group received one fingertip unit of Alpha ointment following washing the wound with normal saline and drying, 48 hour after delivery, once a day, until the tenth day. The control group received a placebo in the same manner. Pain intensity was evaluated using the shortened from of McGill Pain Questionnaire on the first, fifth, and tenth days post-delivery. Data analysis was carried out in SPSS (version 16) using the Mann-Whitney U test, t-test, Chi-square test, and Fisher's exact test. Results: There was no statistically significant difference between the two groups in terms of the mean pain score on the first, fifth, and tenth days of the study (P=0.73, P=0.098, and P=0.464, respectively). Conclusion: As the finding of the present study showed, Alpha ointment had no effect on the perineal pain after episiotomy. UR - https://jmrh.mums.ac.ir/article_9975.html L1 - https://jmrh.mums.ac.ir/article_9975_bb6b76bb61431eca9bde9cc33a9ffd6f.pdf ER -