فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

Anxiety disorder is common during the postpartum period. Back massage relaxation techniques are one of the mostimportant nonpharmacological interventions to prevent and control postpartum-related anxiety.Objectives: To determine the effectiveness of slow-stroke back massage on the anxiety levels of primiparous mothers in the firstdays after delivery.Materials and Methods: This single-blind controlled clinical trial consisted of 100 primiparous mothers with normal deliveries.The mothers were randomly allocated to interventional (n = 50) or control (n = 50) groups using binary blocks. Both groups werefollowed up just before, immediately after, and the morning after the intervention. Data were collected using a demographic questionnaireand Spielberger’s state anxiety inventory (STAI) questionnaire.Results: Themeanage of the mothers was 22 years. There werenosignificant between-group differences in age (P = 0.333), education(P = 0.427), and medication during labor and the postpartum period (P = 0.412). There was no statistically significant differencebetween the mean anxiety scores of the experimental (6.6635.48) and control groups (9.0537.42) before the intervention (P =0.268). Immediately after the massage and the next morning, there was a significant between-group difference in the anxiety scores(P < 0.001).Conclusions: The findings demonstrate that slow-stroke back massage is a simple, inexpensive, noninvasive, and effective methodto reduce the anxiety levels of primiparous women during the first postpartum day.