ABSTRACT
The study examined the effect of perineal massage on perineal trauma among primigravidae in Federal medical centre (FMC) Yenagoa Bayelsa State. Six research questions and five hypotheses were developed to guide the study. Related Literature on the subject matter was reviewed. An experimental study design (Ramdomised Controlled Trial) was used for the study. The study population consists of all primigravidae attending antenatal Clinic at Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Yenagoa. A sample size of one hundred (100) was used for the study after estimation with the use of power analysis. However only eighty- one (81) participants were used in the study as nineteen of them were excluded from analysis for emergency caesarian section during labour. Instrument for data collection were daily massage compliant form and data collection form for attending doctors/midwives adapted from another study. Data was analysed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 17.0. Findings from the study shows that perineal massage from the 37th week of pregnancy seems to have a beneficial effect of increasing intact perineum by 19%, although this did not reach statistical significance. Major findings show no significant difference between primigravidae who performed perineal massage and those who did not perform perineal massage in the occurrence of perineal trauma. There was no significant relationship between the risk factors of fetal birth weight, maternal age, gestational age and Body Mass Index (BMI) and the occurrence of perineal trauma. Although there were weak positive and negative relationship observed between risk factors and occurrence perineal trauma, these did not reach statistical significance. The study concluded that although there was no significant difference between primigravidae who performed perineal trauma in the last week of pregnancy, perineal massage increase the likelihood of delivering with an intact perineum. Based on this, recommendations were made to encourage women who wish to perform perineal massage to do so.
| Project details | Contents |
|---|---|
| Number of Pages | 82 pages |
| Chapter one | Introduction |
| Chapter two | Literature review |
| Chapter three | methodology |
| Chapter four | Data analysis |
| Chapter five | Summary,discussion & recommendations |
| Reference | Reference |
| Questionnaire | Questionnaire |
| Appendix | Appendix |
| Chapter summary | 1 to 5 chapters |
| Available document | PDF and MS-word format |
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