This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process, which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1002/ijgo.12134 This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. Received Date: 02-Oct-2016 Revised Date: 14-Jan-2017 Accepted Date: 23-Feb-2017 Article Type: Clinical Article Subheading: Obstetrics CLINICAL ARTICLE Randomized controlled trial of abdominal binders for postoperative pain, distress, and blood loss after cesarean delivery Samieh Ghana 1 , Sevil Hakimi 2* , Mojgan Mirghafourvand 2 , Fatemeh Abbasalizadeh 3 , Nasser Behnampour 4 1 Department of Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. 2 Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. 3 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. 4 Department of Biostatistics, School of Health, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran.