Anne Marie Gausel1, Stefan Malmqvist2,3, Knut Andersen2, Inger Kjærmann2, Jan Petter Larsen4, Ingvild Dalen5, Inger Økland6. 1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stavanger University Hospital, P.O. Box 8100, Stavanger N-4068, Stavanger, Norway. anne.marie.gausel@sus.no. 2. Department of Research, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway. 3. Sundbybergskliniken, Sundbyberg, Sweden. 4. Network for Medical Sciences, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway. 5. Department of Research, Section of Biostatistics, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway. 6. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stavanger University Hospital, P.O. Box 8100, Stavanger N-4068, Stavanger, Norway.
Abstract
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the subjective recovery from pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain (PGP) during the first 6 weeks after delivery and to detect possible risk factors for a poor recovery. METHODS: The participants were included in this study at the routine ultrasound examination at 18 weeks of pregnancy. The women received a weekly SMS with the question "How many days during the last week has your PGP been bothersome?" The SMS-track from the final 10 weeks of pregnancy and first 6 weeks after delivery were assessed and sorted, based on individual graphs. A total of 130 women who reported PGP during pregnancy and met for clinical examination 6 weeks after delivery were included in the study. RESULTS: In all, 83% of the women experienced substantial recovery from severe or moderate PGP within 6 weeks after delivery. Of these, 44% reported a substantial recovery already within 2 weeks after delivery. More multiparous women, women reporting PGP the year before pregnancy, and women with high pain intensity during pregnancy had a poor recovery. CONCLUSIONS: The prognosis following PGP in pregnancy is good and the majority of women recovered substantially from severe and moderate pregnancy-related PGP within 6 weeks after delivery. For many women, a subjective substantial recovery occurred within 2 weeks after delivery. Predictors for a poor recovery were multiparity, PGP the year before pregnancy and a high pain intensity during pregnancy. These slides can be retrieved under Electronic Supplementary Material.
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the subjective recovery from pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain (PGP) during the first 6 weeks after delivery and to detect possible risk factors for a poor recovery. METHODS: The participants were included in this study at the routine ultrasound examination at 18 weeks of pregnancy. The women received a weekly SMS with the question "How many days during the last week has your PGP been bothersome?" The SMS-track from the final 10 weeks of pregnancy and first 6 weeks after delivery were assessed and sorted, based on individual graphs. A total of 130 women who reported PGP during pregnancy and met for clinical examination 6 weeks after delivery were included in the study. RESULTS: In all, 83% of the women experienced substantial recovery from severe or moderate PGP within 6 weeks after delivery. Of these, 44% reported a substantial recovery already within 2 weeks after delivery. More multiparous women, women reporting PGP the year before pregnancy, and women with high pain intensity during pregnancy had a poor recovery. CONCLUSIONS: The prognosis following PGP in pregnancy is good and the majority of women recovered substantially from severe and moderate pregnancy-related PGP within 6 weeks after delivery. For many women, a subjective substantial recovery occurred within 2 weeks after delivery. Predictors for a poor recovery were multiparity, PGP the year before pregnancy and a high pain intensity during pregnancy. These slides can be retrieved under Electronic Supplementary Material.
Authors: Mako Fukano; Kozo Aisaka; Sayaka Nose-Ogura; Tomoyuki Fujii; Suguru Torii Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health Date: 2022-05-10 Impact factor: 4.614