title: The Effect of Virtual Reality on Pain in Primiparity Women during Episiotomy Repair: A Randomize Clinical Trial.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Pain is one of the side effects of episiotomy. The virtual reality (VR) is a non-pharmacological method for pain relief. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of using video glasses on pain reduction in primiparity women during episiotomy repair.
  
  
  METHODS
  This clinical trial was conducted on 30 primiparous parturient women having labor at Omolbanin Hospital (Mashhad, Iran) during May-July 2012. Samples during episiotomy repair were randomly divided into two equal groups. The intervention group received the usual treatment with VR (video glasses and local infiltration 5 ml solution of lidocaine 2%) and the control group only received local infiltration (5 ml solution of lidocaine 2%). Pain was measured using the Numeric Pain Rating Scale (0-100 scale) before, during and after the episiotomy repair. Data were analyzed using Fisher's exact test, Chi-square, Mann-Whitney and repeated measures ANOVA tests by SPSS 11.5 software.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were statistically significant differences between the pain score during episiotomy repair in both groups (P=0.038).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Virtual reality is an effective complementary non-pharmacological method to reduce pain during episiotomy repair.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  IRCT138811063185N1.
authors.affiliation: Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran;
authors.forename: Nahid
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: JahaniShoorab
authors.affiliation: Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran;
authors.forename: Samira
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ebrahimzadeh Zagami
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran;
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nahvi
authors.affiliation: Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran;
authors.forename: Seyed Reza
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Mazluom
authors.affiliation: Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran;
authors.forename: Nahid
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Golmakani
authors.affiliation: Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Mashhad, Iran;
authors.forename: Mahdi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Talebi
authors.affiliation: The School of Nursing and Midwifery, Omolbanin Hospital, Mashhad, Iran.
authors.forename: Ferial
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pabarja
keywords: Episiotomy; Pain; Parity; Virtual reality