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To characterize predischarge maternal pain and stress after cesarean delivery and short hospitalization.
Cesarean delivery is a
process through which a fetus is delivered by an incision in the mother's
uterus or abdomen. A C-section followed by predischarge maternal pain and
stress. This study provides knowledge about the care implementations that
should be supported after cesarean delivery.
To characterize predischarge maternal pain and stress after
cesarean delivery and short hospitalization.
This was a descriptive study with 60 women in the
postoperative period of cesarean section and 60 control women after vaginal
delivery. Pain and stress were measured by McGill Pain Questionnaire (MGPQ) and
by the Stress Measure (Psychological Stress Measure (PSM)), respectively, at
mother-infant dyad discharge, scheduled at 36 hours after delivery.
Cesarean section was the delivery modality with the highest
MGPQ pain and sensorial, evaluative and mixed pain descriptive categories
scores. The pain location involved lower abdomen, with associated localization
at back, breast, and shoulders. Conversely, vaginal delivery was the delivery
modality with the highest stress scores.
This study provides important information on the quality of
care implications of early discharge practices in puerperal after cesarean
delivery, a critical time characterized by qualitatively and quantitatively
high pain and stress.
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2017 Jul 6:1-6
Short hospitalization after cesarean delivery: effects on maternal pain and stress at discharge
Zanardo V et al.
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