@article { author = {JahaniShoorab, Nahid and Ebrahimzadeh Zagami, Samira and Nahvi, Ali and Mazluom, Seyed Reza and Golmakani, Nahid and Talebi, Mahdi and Pabarja, Ferial}, title = {The Effect of Virtual Reality on Pain in Primiparity Women during Episiotomy Repair: A Randomize Clinical Trial}, journal = {Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences}, volume = {40}, number = {3}, pages = {219-224}, year = {2015}, publisher = {Shiraz University of Medical Sciences}, issn = {0253-0716}, eissn = {1735-3688}, doi = {10.30476/ijms.2015.39917}, 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).Conclusion: Virtual reality is an effective complementary non-pharmacological method to reduce pain during episiotomy repair.Trial Registration Number: IRCT138811063185N1.}, keywords = {Virtual Reality,Pain,Parity,Episiotomy}, url = {https://ijms.sums.ac.ir/article_39917.html}, eprint = {https://ijms.sums.ac.ir/article_39917_01ec089f5be741b4002ea9e55f3ec1d4.pdf} }