Table 1 Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics (n = 527)
From: Prevalence and risk factors for chronic pain following cesarean section: a prospective study
Age (year, mean ± SD) | 29 ± 4 |
Body mass index (mean ± SD) | 28.3 ± 1.6 |
Gestational age (week, mean ± SD) | 39.0 ± 1.0 |
Pain prior to pregnancy, n (%) | 22 (4.2) |
Pain during pregnancy, n (%) | 36 (6.8) |
Pain with menstruation, n (%) | 123 (23.3) |
Previous vaginal delivery, n (%) | 36 (6.8) |
Previous cesarean delivery, n (%) | 46 (8.7) |
Previous pelvic surgery, n (%) | 82 (15.6) |
History of diabetes, n (%) | 110 (20.9) |
History of hypertension, n (%) | 36 (6.8) |
Number of fetuses (1/2, n (%)) | 507 (96.2)/20 (3.8) |
EPDS score (mean ± SD) | 7.8 ± 2.3 |
sSTAI score (mean ± SD) | 38.5 ± 7.5 |
tSTAI score (mean ± SD) | 39.3 ± 7.8 |
General anesthesia/epidural anesthesia, n (%) | 44 (8.3)/483 (91.7) |
Elective/emergent, n (%) | 294 (55.8)/233 (44.2) |
Duration of surgery (min, mean ± SD) | 43 ± 7 |
Vertical/Pfannenstiel incision, n (%) | 17 (3.2)/510 (96.8) |
Blood loss (mL, mean ± SD) | 197 ± 99 |
Average pain intensity at rest within 24 h postoperatively | 1.8 ± 0.5 |
Average pain intensity on movement within 24 h postoperatively | 3.3 ± 0.7 |