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                                                                                    <journal-title>Bandırma Onyedi Eylül Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri ve Araştırmaları Dergisi</journal-title>
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                                        <issn pub-type="epub">2687-2145</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Bandırma Onyedi Eylül Üniversitesi</publisher-name>
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                                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.46413/boneyusbad.1253566</article-id>
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                                                            <subject>Health Care Administration</subject>
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                                            <subj-group  xml:lang="tr">
                                                            <subject>Sağlık Kurumları Yönetimi</subject>
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                                    <trans-title>Epizyotomi Uygulanan Primipar Türk Kadınlarının Doğumdan Sonraki İlk Altı Ayda Doğum Sonrası Konfor ve Fiziksel Semptomlarının İncelenmesi</trans-title>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                <article-title>Examining the Postpartum Comfort and Physical Symptomology of Primiparous Women with Episiotomy During the First Six Months After Birth</article-title>
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                                                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4871-1576</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Tosun</surname>
                                    <given-names>Hülya</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Kütahya Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4507-0649</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Tepeyurt</surname>
                                    <given-names>Sevilay</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Eskişehir Yunus Emre Devlet Hastanesi</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6199-7372</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Güneş</surname>
                                    <given-names>Ayşegül</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>BEYKENT UNIVERSITY</aff>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20240425">
                    <day>04</day>
                    <month>25</month>
                    <year>2024</year>
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                                        <volume>6</volume>
                                        <issue>1</issue>
                                        <fpage>1</fpage>
                                        <lpage>12</lpage>
                        
                        <history>
                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20230220">
                        <day>02</day>
                        <month>20</month>
                        <year>2023</year>
                    </date>
                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20240211">
                        <day>02</day>
                        <month>11</month>
                        <year>2024</year>
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                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2019, Bandırma Onyedi Eylül Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri ve Araştırmaları Dergisi</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>2019</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>Bandırma Onyedi Eylül Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri ve Araştırmaları Dergisi</copyright-holder>
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                            <p>Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı, primipar kadınların epizyotomiden sonraki altı ay boyunca, fiziksel semptomları ve konforlarını incelemektir.Gereç ve Yöntem: Bu çalışmada 32 primipar gebeye bir devlet hastanesinde tanımlayıcı klinik izlem yapılmıştır. Kadınlara Doğum Sonrası Konfor Ölçeği ve Doğum Sonrası Fiziksel Semptom Şiddet Ölçeği anketlerini uygulandı.Bulgular: Cohran’s Q ve Friedman testlerinin sonuçları kadınların doğum sonu konfor ve fiziksel semptom puanlarının 6. ayın sonunda 1. ve 3. aya göre daha fazla arttığını ortaya koydu. Postpartum 6. aya gelindiğinde epizyotomi bölgesinde ağrı/gerginlik yaşayan ve perineyi iyileştirmek için polikliniğe başvuran kadınların oranının azaldığı tespit edildi. Epizyotomi bölgesindeki dikişlerin tamamen iyileşme oranının arttığı görüldü.Sonuç: Epizyotomi yapılan primipar kadınların doğum sonrası konforu ve fiziksel semptomları gözlendiğinde, epizyotominin yan etkilerinin bazı kadınlarda hala devam ettiği ve yaşam konforlarının azaldığı görüldü. Kadınlara gebelikten itibaren perineal bakım yöntemleri konusunda eğitim verilmesi ve bakım sağlanması kadın sağlığının korunması için önemlidir. Böylece, hastanede ve evde yapılan doğumlarda gereksiz epizyotomiler engellenebilir.</p></trans-abstract>
                                                                                                                                    <abstract><p>Aim: This study aimed to examine primiparous women’s comfort and physical symptoms over six months postpartum after episiotomy.Material and Method: In this study, descriptive clinical follow-up was performed in primiparous 32 pregnant women in a state hospital. The Postpartum Comfort Scale and Postpartum Physical Symptom Severity Scales were used. Results: The results of Cohran’s Q and Friedman’s tests revealed that women’s postpartum comfort and physical symptom scores improved more at the end of the 6th month compared to the 1st and 3rd months. It was determined that by the 6th month after birth, the rate of women experiencing pain/tension in the episiotomy area and applying to heal the perineum decreased. It was observed that the rate of complete healing of the stitches in the episiotomy area increased. Conclusion: When observing postpartum comfort and physical symptoms in primiparous mothers, it became evident that some women continued to experience the side effects of episiotomy, leading to a decrease in their overall life comfort. It is crucial to offer education and care to women regarding perineal care methods, starting from pregnancy, to safeguard women’s health. This approach can contribute to the prevention of unnecessary episiotomies during both hospital and home births.</p></abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>Episiotomy</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Physical symptoms</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Postpartum comfort</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Postpartum recovery</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Primiparous</kwd>
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                                                    <kwd>Epizyotomi</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Fiziksel semptomlar</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Doğum sonrası rahatlık</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Doğum sonrası iyileşme</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Primipar</kwd>
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