Healio (5/10, VanDewater) reports, “Parturients with more severe postpartum pain experienced more severe anxiety,” researchers concluded after surveying “64 patients admitted for delivery between May 24 and July 30, 2021, to Meriter Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin, using the seven-item General Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) questionnaire and the American Pain Society-Patient Outcome Questionnaire.” The study revealed that when “compared with parturients without anxiety, those with GAD-7 scores indicating moderate to severe anxiety had higher maximum pain scores during the first and second days after delivery” and were “also were more likely to have spent more time in severe pain during both periods.” The findings were presented at the 2022 ACOG Annual Clinical & Scientific meeting.
Related Links:
— “Postpartum pain associated with anxiety severity “Kalie VanDewater, Healio, May 10, 2022