The purpose of this research is to describe how patients recover after scheduled C-section for the first 3 months.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
66
All participants will complete surveys that range in time from baseline to 3 months post partum.
Mayo Clinic in Rochester
Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Longitudinal evaluation of global health visual analog scale
Global health on a scale of 0-100 to indicate current health status with 0 being the worst imaginable health and 100 being the best health imaginable. Plan was to identify the plateau of improvement of GHVAS postpartum.
Time frame: Baseline, 24 h, 48 h, 1 week, 3 weeks, 6 weeks, 12 weeks postpartum
To determine change in pain levels post C-section using the Visual Analog Scale (VAS)
Describes pain from no pain at all to the worst pain imaginable using a 100mm horizontal line
Time frame: Baseline, 24 hour, 48 hour, 1 week, 3 weeks, 6 weeks, 12 weeks, and 3 months
Compare opioid consumption post partum
Compare opioid consumption post partum
Time frame: 24 hours, 48 hours, 1 week, 3 weeks, 6 weeks, and 3months post partum
Compare non-maternal reasons for delayed hospital discharge
Document non-maternal reasons for delayed hospital discharge such as NICU admission of neonate, neonatal IV antibiotics, delay in transportation, delay from pediatric team.
Time frame: Hospital discharge, approximately 3 days
Compare frequency of activities of daily living
Activities of daily living are routine activities people do everyday without assistance including eating, bathing, getting dressed, toileting, cooking, cleaning, driving, shopping. Subject will report these activities as not done yet, done once, once/week, do most days, do every day
Time frame: Baseline
Compare frequency of activities of daily living
Activities of daily living are routine activities people do everyday without assistance including eating, bathing, getting dressed, toileting, cooking, cleaning, driving, shopping. Subject will report these activities as not done yet, done once, once/week, do most days, do every day
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Time frame: 6 weeks postpartum
Compare Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale
Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale is a 10 item questionnaire to identify women who have postpartum depression
Time frame: 6 weeks postpartum
Compare a modified recovery after delivery questionnaire
9 questions that ask the mother about feeding baby, sleep, fatigue, bonding, parenting, and social functioning
Time frame: 6 weeks postpartum
Correlation between postpartum ObsQOR-10 and EQ-5D
EQ-5D describes current health for mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain, anxiety and on a scale of 0-100 to indicate current health status with 0 being the worst imaginable health and 100 being the best health imaginable. The ObsQOR-10 uses a scale of 0-10 with 0 being none and 10 being the worst imaginable, scoring pain, nausea, dizziness, shivering, comfort level, mobilization, holding baby, feeding baby, personal care, and feeling in control.
Time frame: 6 weeks postpartum
Correlation between postpartum ObsQOR-10 and EQ-5D
EQ-5D describes current health for mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain, anxiety and on a scale of 0-100 to indicate current health status with 0 being the worst imaginable health and 100 being the best health imaginable. The ObsQOR-10 uses a scale of 0-10 with 0 being none and 10 being the worst imaginable, scoring pain, nausea, dizziness, shivering, comfort level, mobilization, holding baby, feeding baby, personal care, and feeling in control.
Time frame: 12 weeks postpartum
Correlation between ObsQOR-10 scores at multiple time points
The ObsQOR-10 uses a scale of 0-10 with 0 being none and 10 being the worst imaginable, scoring pain, nausea, dizziness, shivering, comfort level, mobilization, holding baby, feeding baby, personal care, and feeling in control.
Time frame: 24 hours, 48 hours, 1 week postpartum
Correlation between postpartum ObsQOR-10 and EQ-5D
EQ-5D describes current health for mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain, anxiety and on a scale of 0-100 to indicate current health status with 0 being the worst imaginable health and 100 being the best health imaginable. The ObsQOR-10 uses a scale of 0-10 with 0 being none and 10 being the worst imaginable, scoring pain, nausea, dizziness, shivering, comfort level, mobilization, holding baby, feeding baby, personal care, and feeling in control.
Time frame: 3 weeks post partum