Episiotomy characteristics | Paracetamol group (n = 130) | TENS group (n = 130) | Pethidine group (n = 130) | p-value |
Episiotomy cutting (n, %) | 70 (53.8%) | 62 (47.7%) | 78 (60%) | 0.138* (NS) |
Baseline | 8 (7 - 10) | 8 (5 - 10) | 8 (6 - 10) | 0.003** (S) |
End of episiotomy | 6 (4 - 7) | 4 (3 - 6) | 4 (2 - 7) | <0.001** (S) |
After 30 min | 3.5 (2 - 6) | 3 (2 - 7) | 3 (1 - 5) | 0.002** (S) |
After 1 hour | 3 (2 - 6) | 3 (2 - 5) | 2 (1 - 5) | <0.001** (S) |
After 6 hours | 3 (1 - 6) | 2 (1 - 5) | 1 (0 - 4) | <0.001** (S) |
After 12 hours | 2 (0 - 4) | 1 (0 - 2) | 0 (0 - 2) | <0.001** (S) |