Effect of comfort care combined with family participatory care during the perioperative period of cesarean section in obstetrics and gynecology.

OBJECTIVE

To explore the effects of comfort care and family participatory care during the perioperative period of cesarean section in obstetrics and gynecology.

METHODS

This single-center, randomized controlled trial assigned 90 cesarean women to two groups: control (conventional perioperative care) and observation (comfort and family participatory care). The primary outcome measures included maternal pain [Visual Analog Scale (VAS)], anxiety [Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS)], and depression [Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS)]. Secondary outcomes included mean arterial pressure and heart rate, adrenaline and cortisol levels, lactation onset time, 24-h postpartum lactation volume, off-bed activity time, anal defecation time, and hospital stay, as well as evaluating maternal self-care ability [Exercise of Self-Care Agency Scale (ESCA)], maternal complications, and maternal satisfaction with nursing assessed using a satisfaction questionnaire at discharge.

RESULTS

The observation group possessed lower VAS at 24, 48, and 72 h postoperatively, and SAS and SDS scores postoperatively, lower mean arterial pressure, heart rate, and adrenaline and cortisol levels, higher scores of self-care skills, self-care responsibility, self-concept, and self-care health knowledge, shorter times to lactation onset, off-bed activity, anal defecation, and hospital stay, greater 24-h postpartum lactation volume, lower incidence rate of complications (4.44% vs 24.44%), and higher nursing satisfaction (97.78% vs 84.22%) compared with the control group (all P < 0.05).

CONCLUSION

During the perioperative period of cesarean section, comfort care and family participatory care can effectively alleviate postoperative pain, reduce anxiety and depression, improve stress responses, enhance maternal self-care ability and nursing satisfaction, and decrease the incidence of complications.