Chronic Pain After CS in Egypt

Prevalence and Risk Factors for Chronic Pain After Cesarean Delivery in Upper Egypt: Retrospective Study

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT04810767

Enrollment

100

Registered

2021-03-23

Start date

2023-05-31

Completion date

2024-12-31

Last updated

2021-09-21

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Conditions

Chronic Pain

Brief summary

This retrospective study will include Women who will attending to Azhar assuit, Sohag and South valley universities hospitals for any reason in the duration from 1 May to 31 October 2021, and who underwent elective CD under spinal anesthesia with horizontal lower abdominal surgical incision within last two years. Exclusion criteria will be refusal to participate, age less than 18 years, recent CD (within 3 months), if the infant had died, and history of chronic pain medications or psychiatric disorder. Data collection Participants will be contacted personally by one of study authors. Data collected are consisted of: * Participants' characteristics as Age, parity and ways of delivery, weight, height, residency, husband smoking status, work, previous abdominal surgery, history of diabetes mellitus and hypertension. * Last CD related data which include presence of multiple pregnancies, if CD was in private/public facility, presence surgical wound infection. * Pain experienced will be assessed by questionnaire described by Nikolajsen et al, 2004

Interventions

OTHERQuestionnaire

Pain experienced assessed by questionnaire described by Nikolajsen et al, 2004

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Age

20 Years to 40 Years

Inclusion criteria

* Women attending to Azhar assuit, Sohag and South valley universities hospitals for any reason in the duration from 1 May to 31 October 2021, and who underwent elective ceserean section under spinal anesthesia with horizontal lower abdominal surgical incision within last two years

Exclusion criteria

* refusal to participate, age less than 18 years, recent ceserean section (within 3 months), if the infant had died, and history of chronic pain medications or psychiatric disorder

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Chronic pain	Three months after the last ceserean section	Pain experienced assessed by questionnaire described by Nikolajsen et al, 2004

Contacts

Primary ContactBahaa M Refaie, Lecturer

bahaarefaay@med.sohag.edu.eg00201026887257

Backup ContactMohammed A Soliman

Mohammedsoliman@med.svu.edu.eg

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026