Abstract

Background: The breast crawl is associated with a variety of sensory, central, motor and neuro-endocrine components, all directly or indirectly helping the baby to move and facilitate her survival in the new world. To assess the effectiveness of breast crawl technique on intensity of episiotomy suturing pain among primi mothers at a tertiary care hospital at Bangalore, india. Methods: In the present study, Quantitative Experimental research approach was used. A randomised controlled trial with posttest only design was chosen for this study by using purposive sampling technique. A total of 100 samples were included for the study which consisted of 50 samples each, allocated in experimental and control group. Breast crawl technique was implemented for experimental group participants along with routine care where as controlled participants were given routine care. Results: In the present study, lowest pain rating score of 3 in experimental group in about 28% and 2% of control group was evident, however the highest pain score of 7 was found only in Control group within 2% cases, in contrary highest pain score in Experimental group was 5 i.e., 24%. The analysis shows a significant benefit of breast crawl technique on episiotomy suturing pain. Lowest pain rating score of 3 in experimental group is 28% and in control group is only 2%. The threshold for pain perception showed encouraging results. Conclusion: The breast crawl technique was observed an effective intervention to reduce the episiotomy suturing pain perception level.