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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.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women with child birth | Women attending chronic pain clinic who have previously experienced childbirth | ||
| Women without childbirth | Women attending chronic pain clinic who have not previously experienced childbirth |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Prevalence of chronic headache | Percentage of patients with chronic headache in women who have given birth and who have not given birth | 10 minute questionnaire |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Severity of headache | 1 to 10 scale. 1 is almost no pain, 10 is worst pain imaginable | 10 minute questionnaire |
| Frequency of worst headache | How many days per month did patients have worst headaches |
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Exclusion Criteria:
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Women who went to the pain clinic and fulfill the inclusion and exclusion criteria.
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Stanford University | Stanford | California | 94305 | United States |
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D006261 | Headache |
| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D010146 | Pain |
| D009461 | Neurologic Manifestations |
| D012816 | Signs and Symptoms |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |
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| 10 minute questionnaire |
| Age of onset of headache | Age of onset of headache | 10 minute questionnaire |
| Postpartum headache | Percentage of headache in the postpartum period in women who have given birth | 10 minute questionnaire |
| Predictors for postpartum headache | Association between demographics/headache characteristics/predisposing risk factors and postpartum headache | 10 minute questionnaire |
| Risk factors for developing acute or acutely worsened headache within 5 days of delivery | Association between demographic, obstetric or anesthesia related factors and acute or acutely worsened headache within 5 days of delivery | 10 minute questionnaire |