title: Cabbage compression early breast care on breast engorgement in primiparous women after cesarean birth: a controlled clinical trial.
abstract: This study aimed to compare the effects of cabbage compression early breast care (CCEBC) and early breast care (EBC) on breast pain, breast hardness with general nursing breast care (GNBC) in primiparous women after cesarean birth. Sixty participants were divided to three groups including CCEBC, EBC and GNBC. Each group was treated with its intervention respectively more than 10 minutes before breast feeding from day two to day four after delivery. The primary outcomes were breast pain and breast hardness. Both CCEBC and EBC showed significantly lower pain level than GNBC at day 4 after delivery. There are significant differences of breast hardness among three groups. CCEBC group showed significantly lower breast hardness compared with EBC and GNBC. Neither core body temperature nor breast skin temperature was significantly different among the three groups. In conclusion, CCEBC may effective in relieving breast pain and breast hardness compared with EBC alone and GNBC in primiparous women after a cesarean birth.
authors.affiliation: Eulji University Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: A-Reum
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.affiliation: Eulji University Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Ji-Ah
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: Eulji University Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Myung-Haeng
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Hur
authors.affiliation: Eulji University Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Mi-Kyoung
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Clinical Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Myeong Soo
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Lee
keywords: Cabbage compression; breast care; breast hardness; breast pain; cesarean birth