From: Prevalence and risk factors for chronic pain following cesarean section: a prospective study
 | 3 months (n = 502) | 6 months (n = 487) | 12 months (n = 472) | |||||||
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 | Odds Ratio | 95 % Confidential Interval | P | Odds Ratio | 95 % Confidential Interval | P | Odds Ratio | 95 % Confidential Interval | P | |
Pain prior to pregnancy | No | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 1 | Â | 0.998 |
Yes | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0 | Â | |
Pain during pregnancy | No | 1 | Â | 0.697 | 1 | Â | 0.531 | 1 | Â | 0.955 |
Yes | 1.199 | 0.482-2.982 | Â | 0.719 | 0.257-2.016 | Â | 1.038 | 0.285-3.781 | Â | |
Pain with menstruation | No | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 1 | Â | 0.094 |
Yes | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.473 | 0.197-1.136 | Â | |
Previous cesarean delivery | No | 1 | Â | 0.087 | 1 | Â | 0.151 | 1 | Â | 0.147 |
Yes | 0.513 | 0.239-1.102 | Â | 0.509 | 0.203-1.280 | Â | 0.448 | 0.151-1.328 | Â | |
Previous pelvic surgery | No | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 1 | Â | 0.061 |
Yes | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.367 | 0.128-1.048 | Â | |
History of hypertension | No | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 1 | Â | 0.744 |
Yes | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.744 | 0.194-2.856 | Â | |
EPDS score | <12 | 1 | Â | <0.001 | 1 | Â | <0.001 | 1 | Â | 0.179 |
≥12 | 4.641 | 2.078-10.363 |  | 5.526 | 2.192-13.931 |  | 2.300 | 0.682-7.760 |  | |
tSTAI score | ≤40 |  |  |  | 1 |  | 0.530 |  |  |  |
>40 | Â | Â | Â | 1.227 | 0.648-2.321 | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Type of anesthesia | General | 1 | Â | 0.284 | 1 | Â | 0.063 | 1 | Â | 0.068 |
Epidural | 0.645 | 0.290-1.438 | Â | 0.431 | 0.178-1.046 | Â | 0.346 | 0.111-1.081 | Â | |
Type of surgery | Elective | Â | Â | Â | 1 | Â | 0.176 | Â | Â | Â |
Emergent | Â | Â | Â | 1.588 | 0.813-3.102 | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Duration of surgery | Â | 1.065 | 1.024-1.107 | 0.001 | 1.034 | 0.985-1.086 | 0.172 | 1.054 | 0.993-1.119 | 0.083 |
Blood loss | Â | 0.999 | 0.996-1.002 | 0.522 | 1.000 | 0.997-1.004 | 0.782 | 1.002 | 0.999-1.006 | 0.169 |
Average pain intensity at rest within 24Â h postoperatively | Â | 1.067 | 0.636-1.789 | 0.806 | 1.442 | 0.744-2.792 | 0.278 | 2.108 | 0.876-5.071 | 0.096 |
Average pain intensity on movement within 24Â h postoperatively | Â | 2.396 | 1.622-3.539 | <0.001 | 2.509 | 1.557-4.043 | <0.001 | 2.743 | 1.453-5.178 | 0.002 |