Chronic Pain After CS in Egypt

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

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

Study Overview

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Conditions: Chronic Pain
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Questionnaire

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 100

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Bahaa M Refaie, Lecturer; Phone Number: 00201026887257; Email: bahaarefaay@med.sohag.edu.eg
• Study Contact Backup: Name: Mohammed A Soliman; Email: Mohammedsoliman@med.svu.edu.eg

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 20 years to 40 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: N/A
• Genders Eligible for Study: Female

• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

20-40 years old Women attending to Al 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

Description

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

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

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

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Bahaa Mohammed Refaie
• Investigators: Study Chair: Kareem ElGebaly, Lecturer, Lecturer of anesthesia and ICU; Study Director: Hossam Eldin Mostafa, Consultant, Consultant of anesthesia and ICU Elhelal insurance hospital

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Anticipated): May 1, 2023
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): October 1, 2024
• Study Completion (Anticipated): December 1, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 21, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 22, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): March 23, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): September 21, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 20, 2021
• Last Verified: September 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Chronic Pain
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2020

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No