Effect of point massage on swelling pain alleviation of breast during neonatal maternal separa-tion / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the effect of point massage on swelling pain alleviation of breast during neonatal maternal separation.Methods 100 cases of parturients with neonaml maternal separation were randomly divided into the experimental group and the control group with 50 patients in each,the control group received routine breast care,the experimental group was given breast point massage from the first day after delivery for consecutive 3 days.Subjective evaluation of breast swelling paill,breast hardness,breast duct smooth and breast filling degree were compared and analyzed on the third day postpartum.Results For the experimental group,the self evaluation of breast pain was significandy lower,while the breast hardness,breast filling degree and breast duct smooth were better on the first 3 days postpartum than the control group. Conclusions Breast point massage Can significantly reduce the level of swelling pain for parturients with neonatal and maternal separation.