Parturient perineal distensibility tolerance assessed by EPI-NO: an observational study
| Autor: | Mary Uchiyama Nakamura, Nelson Sass, Julio Elito Júnior, Carla Dellabarba Petricelli, Sandra Maria Alexandre, Edward Araujo Júnior, Miriam Raquel Diniz Zanetti |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Portuguese |
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| Zdroj: | Einstein (São Paulo), Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 22-26 |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2317-6385 1679-4508 |
| DOI: | 10.1590/S1679-45082014AO2944 |
| Popis: | 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 |
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