Persistent pain after caesarean section and its association with maternal anxiety and socioeconomic background

• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2016.10.004
• Publication Date: 2016-10-16T17:00:13Z
• Authors: B. Daly; S. Young; R. Marla; L. Riddell; R. Junkin; N. Weidenhammer; J. Dolan; J. Kinsella; R. Zhang
• Keywords: Adult; Pain, Postoperative; Cesarean Section; Mothers; Anxiety; 3. Good health; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Socioeconomic Factors; Humans; Female; Longitudinal Studies; Prospective Studies; Follow-Up Studies

(Int J Obstet Anesth 2017;29:57–63) Chronic postsurgical pain (CPSP) has been widely studied. Its occurrence rate has been found to vary widely depending on the surgical procedure performed. Since cesarean delivery (CD) is considered the most common surgery performed worldwide, understanding CPSP in this patient population is important. In this prospective study from Scotland, the investigators sought to determine the rate of persistent pain after CD in an urban patient population consisting largely of women from a socially deprived background. Secondarily, the relationships between maternal anxiety, socioeconomic status, postnatal depression and acute pain after delivery with persistent pain after surgery were examined.