NCT02129894

The Use of Abdominal Binders in Patients Undergoing Cesarean Sections

The Use of Abdominal Binders in Patients Undergoing Cesarean Sections: A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 210 (estimated)
• Sponsor: St. Luke's Hospital, Pennsylvania · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

To see if the use of Abdominal Binders improves patients out comes after cesarean delivery

Detailed description

Inclusion: All patients admitted to labor and delivery Consented patients who had a cesarean delivery will be randomized using a number table to receive or not receive an abdominal binder. Outcomes: On postoperative days 1 and 2, patients were asked to complete a pain visual analog scale and the validated Symptom Distress Scale. Postoperative hemoglobin and hematocrit were also recorded.

Conditions

• Cesarean Section Post Operative Management

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	abdominal Binder	placement of abdominal binder

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-11-01
• Primary completion: 2014-09-01
• Completion: 2014-10-01
• First posted: 2014-05-02
• Last updated: 2014-05-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States