Effect of Acupressure on Bowel Functions After Cesarean Section

Enema application to pregnant women and prohibition of oral feeding before cesarean section, general anesthesia applied during cesarean section, pain in the post-cesarean period, limitation of movement, insufficient fluid intake, low-fiber diet, hospital environment and drugs such as narcotics cause constipation. In addition, one of the most common complications after abdominal surgeries is postoperative ileus. Many noninvasive applications help to overcome this problem. This study was planned as a randomized controlled trial to examine the effect of acupressure on bowel functions after cesarean section. The research will be carried out between July 2021 and July 2022 at the Samsun Training and Research Hospital Gynecology and Pediatrics Hospital affiliated to the Samsun Provincial Health Directorate. The research will be carried out with two groups as acupressure and control group. The sample number was calculated using the G\*Power 3.1.9.2 program and the acupressure group: 26 and the control group: 26. In order to increase the analysis power, the number of people for each group was taken as 30 (n=60). It is planned to collect the data with the Postpartum Information Form. After the women in the acupressure group come to the service, 2 applications will be made in the first postpartum hour and 3 hours after the first application, and no application will be made to the control group. Intestinal sounds will be monitored every hour until the first bowel sounds are heard, and the \"Postpartum Registration Form\" given to the woman will be received and recorded at the post-op 24th hour. The data of the research will be evaluated using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences 22.0 program. In the evaluation of the data; descriptive statistics percentage, arithmetic mean±standard deviation, median and minimum-maximum values will be given. Student t test, ANOVA test will be used for those with normal distribution, Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal Wallis tests for those who are not. Type 1 error level will be taken as 0.05. Pearson Correlation test will be applied to determine the relationship between the intestinal functions of the experimental group and the tests. Statistical significance level will be accepted as p\<0.05