Effect of Dry Heat Application on Perineal Pain and Episiotomy Wound Healing among Primipara Women

Table 2

Total scores of perineal pain intensity before and after the intervention of dry and moist heat groups.

	Dry heat group (n = 50)			Sig	Moist heat group (n = 50)			Sig
	Before	5^th day	10^th day		Before	5^th day	10^th day
	No. (%)	No. (%)	No. (%)		No. (%)	No. (%)	No. (%)
Total perineal pain intensity
No pain (0)	0 (0.0)	2 (2.0)	15 (30.0)	^MH^c	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	^MH
Mild (1–3)	6 (12.0)	12 (24.0)	20 (40.0)		7 (14.0)	3 (6.0)	30 (60.0)
Moderate (4–6)	14 (28.0)	20 (40.0)	12 (24.0)		19 (38.0)	25 (50.0)	9 (18.0)
Severe (7–9)	20 (40.0)	12 (24.0)	3 (6.0)		18 (36.0)	14 (28.0)	5 (10.0)
Unbearable (10)	10 (20.0)	4 (8.0)	0 (0.0)		6 (12.0)	8 (16.0)	6 (12.0)

^MH: marginal homogeneity, test significant at ^bc.