Faculty of Nursing, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey.
Health Care Women Int. 2023 Mar;44(3):328-344. doi: 10.1080/07399332.2022.2090567. Epub 2022 Jun 29.
The researchers' aims are to determine the effect of cold cabbage leaf application on breast engorgement and pain during the postpartum period through a systematic review and meta-analysis. Between June and September 2021, researchers systematically searched Turkish and English databases using a combination of keywords. We calculated individual and general effect sizes of the studies to evaluate effect sizes. We obtained 25,996 results with the databases search and we included a total of eight studies for analysis. According to the pooled results, we determined that cold cabbage leaf application caused a significant reduction in breast pain, though no significant reduction was seen in breast engorgement. In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we found that cold cabbage leaf application was effective in reducing breast pain, but that more experimental studies are needed to determine its effect on breast engorgement.CALLOUTSBreast engorgement is a common physiological problem for lactating mothers.Researchers state that the results of the eight studies included in the analysis suggested that cold cabbage leaf application was effective in reducing breast pain.More studies are needed to evaluate the effect of cold cabbage application on reducing breast engorgement.
研究人员的目的是通过系统评价和荟萃分析来确定冷敷卷心菜叶应用对产后乳房肿胀和疼痛的影响。在 2021 年 6 月至 9 月期间，研究人员使用关键词组合对土耳其语和英语数据库进行了系统搜索。我们计算了研究的个体和总体效应大小来评估效应大小。我们通过数据库搜索获得了 25996 个结果，并对总共 8 项研究进行了分析。根据汇总结果，我们确定冷敷卷心菜叶应用可显著减轻乳房疼痛，但对乳房肿胀没有明显减轻作用。在这项系统评价和荟萃分析中，我们发现冷敷卷心菜叶应用在减轻乳房疼痛方面有效，但需要更多的实验研究来确定其对乳房肿胀的影响。
