%0 Journal Article %T The Effect of Virtual Reality on Pain in Primiparity Women during Episiotomy Repair: A Randomize Clinical Trial %J Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences %I Shiraz University of Medical Sciences %Z 0253-0716 %A JahaniShoorab, Nahid %A Ebrahimzadeh Zagami, Samira %A Nahvi, Ali %A Mazluom, Seyed Reza %A Golmakani, Nahid %A Talebi, Mahdi %A Pabarja, Ferial %D 2015 %\ 05/01/2015 %V 40 %N 3 %P 219-224 %! The Effect of Virtual Reality on Pain in Primiparity Women during Episiotomy Repair: A Randomize Clinical Trial %K Virtual Reality %K Pain %K Parity %K Episiotomy %R 10.30476/ijms.2015.39917 %X 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. %U https://ijms.sums.ac.ir/article_39917_01ec089f5be741b4002ea9e55f3ec1d4.pdf