Acupuncture for Pain Relief During Perineal Repair After Childbirth

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2008-02-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

Midwives and obstetricians are currently using acupuncture for several health problems during pregnancy and childbirth. The investigators wish to determine whether acupuncture can be used as pain relief during the repair of lacerations in the female pelvic floor following childbirth.

Three acupuncture points in the ear have been reported highly effective for perineal pain relief. A scientific trial will compare acupuncture with traditional local anaesthetics when midwives conduct perineal repair just after delivery in the hospitals of Southern Denmark.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Sonderborg Hospital
• Collaborators: Aase and Ejnar Danielsens Foundation; The Augustinus Foundation, Denmark.; The Danish Midwifery Organization
• Treatments: Lidocaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Primipara

• Healthy mother and child

• Danish speaking

• Perineal laceration or episiotomy that can be sutured by a midwife.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Large perineal lacerations

• Heavy bleeding after childbirth

• No need for pain relief