A Study of Postpartum Uterine Massage
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description: The purpose of this study was to determine if there is a significant difference in the amount of postpartum bleeding between two methods of uterine massage and no uterine massage. The experimental method with parallel groups technique and a single variable was used. The criterion used in determining the amount of bleeding was the volume of red cells lost. The study was conducted at St. Bernardine's Hospital using three experimental groups selected from one hundred and nineteen deliveries between January 25 and March 2, 1963. Group A was composed of sixteen patients whose uterus' were externally held for one hour except when the blood pressure was taken. The uterus was gently massaged every fifteen minutes for twenty-two patients in Group B. Group C, the control group, was composed of nineteen patients whose uterus was not massaged. The nurses collected and recorded all data for the study on record sheets but not the measurement data of blood loss which was calculated by the researcher. The analysis of the characteristics of the group showed these groups comparable for race and oxytoxics given in the delivery room but not as comparable in age, gravida, anesthesia, type of delivery, length of labor, and weight of infant. The "t" test was used in determining the significance of the difference between two methods of uterine massage and no uterine massage. The "t" value did not show a high percentage of chance explaining the difference between the three groups and neither did it show a high percentage of the controlled factor explaining the difference of the groups. Therefore, it was concluded that the external holding of the uterus or intermittent massage of the uterus during the first hour and leaving the delivery room did not decrease the amount of postpartum bleeding significantly over no uterine massage for the normal obstetric patients in this study. The conclusion may be attributed to the small sample or other non-controllable factors. While it was not the purpose…
abstract: The purpose of this study was to determine if there is a significant difference in the amount of postpartum bleeding between two methods of uterine massage and no uterine massage. The experimental method with parallel groups technique and a single variable was used. The criterion used in determining the amount of bleeding was the volume of red cells lost. The study was conducted at St. Bernardine's Hospital using three experimental groups selected from one hundred and nineteen deliveries between January 25 and March 2, 1963. Group A was composed of sixteen patients whose uterus' were externally held for one hour except when the blood pressure was taken. The uterus was gently massaged every fifteen minutes for twenty-two patients in Group B. Group C, the control group, was composed of nineteen patients whose uterus was not massaged. The nurses collected and recorded all data for the study on record sheets but not the measurement data of blood loss which was calculated by the researcher. The analysis of the characteristics of the group showed these groups comparable for race and oxytoxics given in the delivery room but not as comparable in age, gravida, anesthesia, type of delivery, length of labor, and weight of infant. The "t" test was used in determining the significance of the difference between two methods of uterine massage and no uterine massage. The "t" value did not show a high percentage of chance explaining the difference between the three groups and neither did it show a high percentage of the controlled factor explaining the difference of the groups. Therefore, it was concluded that the external holding of the uterus or intermittent massage of the uterus during the first hour and leaving the delivery room did not decrease the amount of postpartum bleeding significantly over no uterine massage for the normal obstetric patients in this study. The conclusion may be attributed to the small sample or other non-controllable factors. While it was not the purpose…
author: Blake, Beverly Eugenia
language: English
keywords: Nursing, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Postnatal Care -- methods; Postpartum Hemorrhage -- prevention & control
date published: 1963-06-01T07:00:00Z
date modified: 2026-07-24T02:54:17Z
provider: Loma Linda University
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
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source organization: Loma Linda University