Effectiveness of Infra-Red Therapy Upon Level of Episiotomy Pain and Wound Healing among Postnatal Mothers

Perineal pain and wound is most commonly associated with vaginal delivery with episiotomy. Various therapies are available for the treatment of episiotomy pain and wound healing; the effectiveness of infra-red therapy is little documented. So, keeping in view a quasi-experimental study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of infra-red therapy upon level of episiotomy pain and wound healing among 60 post natal mothers (30 in each experiment and control group) admitted at selected hospitals of district Ludhiana, Punjab. The findings of present study concluded that both the experimental and control group were statistically homogenous (p>0.05) Application of infra-red therapy had significant effect as episioto my pain mean score decreased from 4.1667±1.555 to 0.533±0.937 in experimental group and 4.166±1.555 to 2.900±1.516 in control group. Application of infra-red therapy had significant effect as improvement in episiotomy wound healing as episiotomy wound healing also mean scores decreased from 3.733±2.258 to 0.733±1.284 in experimental group and 4.366±1.449 to 3.633±2.189 in control group. Furthermore, the study can be replicated on a large sample. The study findings concluded that Infra-red therapy was found to be effective in the management of episiotomy pain and wound healing.