Headache
Conditions
Brief summary
Headache and backache are common symptoms following childbirth. The incidence of these symptoms have been shown to increase during the postpartum period between 5 to 12 months following delivery. By 12 months postpartum up to 45% and 65% of women experience headache and backache, respectively. While studies have reported headache and backache as frequently persistent symptoms beyond the first year postpartum, few studies have specifically interrogated women seeking specialist pain physician input or identified predisposing risk factors. Finally there is little known about typically described pain characteristics of women who suffer with chronic postpartum headache and backache. We aim to compare the prevalence of chronic headache in women that have versus have not experienced childbirth.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Stanford University
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
RETROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Women greater than 18 years old * Agreeing to be contacted for research purposes. * Able to read and understand English who have had agreed to be contacted with a valid email address
Exclusion criteria
* Self identified as non-female * Age \<18 years old. * Women without computer or electronic device access or valid email address and women who did not respond
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Prevalence of chronic headache | 10 minute questionnaire | Percentage of patients with chronic headache in women who have given birth and who have not given birth |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Frequency of worst headache | 10 minute questionnaire | How many days per month did patients have worst headaches |
| Age of onset of headache | 10 minute questionnaire | Age of onset of headache |
| Severity of headache | 10 minute questionnaire | 1 to 10 scale. 1 is almost no pain, 10 is worst pain imaginable |
| Predictors for postpartum headache | 10 minute questionnaire | Association between demographics/headache characteristics/predisposing risk factors and postpartum headache |
| Risk factors for developing acute or acutely worsened headache within 5 days of delivery | 10 minute questionnaire | Association between demographic, obstetric or anesthesia related factors and acute or acutely worsened headache within 5 days of delivery |
| Postpartum headache | 10 minute questionnaire | Percentage of headache in the postpartum period in women who have given birth |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed