Use of a single pain coping skills session (Empowered Relief) for outpatient postpartum pain following cesarean delivery: a pilot feasibility study
- terminated early
Authors' conclusion
Using pain severity (with a threshold of ≥ 4/10 on the numeric rating scale) in the 6-week postpartum follow-up clinic setting resulted in insufficient sample of eligible patients to evaluate the Empowered Relief intervention.
Study context
- Population
- Patients at the 6-week postpartum clinic visit after cesarean delivery with moderate to severe pain (NRS ≥ 4/10)assessed for pain severity
- Participants
- 48 patients
- Comparison
- Empowered Relief vs standard follow-up care
- Primary endpoint
- Feasibility of the intervention
Methodological detailsrandomised, Screened July to November 2025
- Randomised
- Screened July to November 2025
Primary result
As reported in the abstract
Eligible (≥ 4/10 pain)
4
8%
Ineligible
44
92%
Eligible patients declining participation due to time commitment
3
Consented but did not attend the intervention session
1
Secondary outcomes
Pain interference >0/10 (screened patients) · 6-week postpartum visit
- Pain interference > 0/10 reported
- 59% of patients (24/41)
Pain severity and pain interference (screened patients, NRS 0-10) · 6-week postpartum visit
- Median pain severity [IQR]
- 0 [0,3]
- Median values with interquartile ranges
Pain scores reported to research team vs clinical team
- Pain scores reported to research team higher than those reported to clinical team
- 88% of cases
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