Authors

Ping Li*, Lei Ding, Li Li, Xiaoyun Wang, Mingxia Wen, Zhongfu Mo


Departments

Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation, Shijiazhuang Maternity & Child Healthcare Hospital, Shijiazhuang, 050093, China

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the effect of bionic bioelectrical technology in the combined treatment of postpartum pubic symphysis separation on postpartum pain and quality of life. 

Methods: 102 cases of postpartum pubic symphysis separation in our hospital were selected from October 2018 to December 2019 and divided into the observation group (53 cases) and control group (49 cases) according to different treatment methods. The control group was given routine postpartum care, hard bed, and pelvic belt restraint treatment, while the observation group was treated with bionic bioelectrical technology. After one month of treatment, the curative effect in the two groups was compared, and the scores of visual analog scale (VAS), pubic symphysis separation distance, and activity of daily living (ADL) were evaluated before the treatment and 1 day and 1 month after the treatment. 

Results: After the treatment, the total effective rate of the observation group was 100.00%, which was higher than 77.55% of the control group (χ2=13.336, P<0.001). Besides, with the prolongation of time after the treatment, the VAS scores of the two groups showed a downward trend. However, the VAS score of the observation group 1 day and 1 month after the treatment was lower than that of the control group, with a statistically significant difference (P<0.05 or P<0.01). after the treatment Moreover, the separation distances of pubic symphysis of the two groups showed a downward trend in the follow-up stage. Moreover, the pubic symphysis separation distance of the observation group after the treatmentwas shorter 1 day and 1 month after the treatment than that of the control group (P<0.05 or P<0.01). After the treatment, the ADL scores of the two groups showed an increasing trend, and the ADL scores of the observation group 1 day and 1 month after the treatment were higher than those of the control group at the same time, showing a statistically significant difference (P<0.05 or P<0.01). 

Conclusion: Bionic bioelectrical technology in the combined treatment of postpartum pubic symphysis separation could effectively improve clinical efficacy, reduce maternal pain, shorten the pubic symphysis separation distance, and improve the postpartum quality of life.

Keywords

Pubic symphysis separation, postpartum, bionic bioelectrical technology, clinical efficacy, postpartum pain, quality of life.

DOI:

10.19193/0393-6384_2021_6_509