Parturient perineal distensibility tolerance assessed by EPI-NO: an observational study.
Einstein (Sao Paulo)
; 12(1): 22-6, 2014.
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| ID: mdl-24728241
OBJECTIVE: To determine how parturient women tolerate the use of a perineal distensibility assessment technique using the EPI-NO device. METHODS: An observational study with a total of 227 full-term parturient women was performed. During the evaluation with EPI-NO, parturient patients were asked about their sensation of discomfort. The degree of discomfort was measured using the Visual Analogue Scale, with a score from zero to 10. The Mann-Whitney test was applied to assess perineal distensibility measured by EPI-NO and the degree of discomfort caused by the test according to parity. The relation between perineal distensibility and discomfort was analyzed by using the Spearman correlation test (r). RESULTS: The test with EPI-NO caused only slight discomfort (mean Visual Analogue Scale of 3.8), and primiparous women reported significantly greater discomfort (mean Visual Analogue Scale of 4.5) than did multiparous (mean Visual Analogue Scale=3.1), with p<0.001 women. A negative correlation was observed, in other words, the greater the perineal distensibility on the EPI-NO, the lower the pain reported by the patients (r=-0.424; p<0.001). CONCLUSION: The assessment of perineal distensibility with EPI-NO was well tolerated by the parturient women.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Períneo
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Diafragma da Pelve
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Complicações do Trabalho de Parto
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Einstein (Sao Paulo)
Ano de publicação:
2014
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Brasil