Quality of recovery following childbirth: a prospective, multicentre cohort study
Study context
- Population
- Postpartum patients, UK, 2-week period in October 20211,631 analysed day 1, 1282 day 30
- Participants
- 1,638 patients
- Exposure
- Caesarean vs Instrumental vs Vaginal
- Outcome
- Quality of recovery following childbirth (ObsQoR-10)
- Follow-up
- 1 and 30 days postpartum
Methodological detailsmulticentre, UK-based
- Multicentre
- UK-based
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
ObsQoR-10 score · day 1
- Median ObsQoR-10 score, all patients (IQR 62-86, range 4-100)
- 75
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Postpartum LOS
Hospital readmission within 30 days of discharge
- Readmission, all causes
- 69 (5.4%)
- Readmission for maternal reasons
- 49 (3%)
Safety
Self-reported complications · first 30 days postpartum
- Complications reported, of 1282 patients
- 252 (19.7%)
Original publication
Quality of recovery following childbirth: a prospective, multicentre cohort study. Anaesthesia. Published 24 May 2023. doi:10.
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