Evaluation of Headache and Childbirth in a Chronic Pain Population

Stanford University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Headache

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04632420

52732b

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 1,112 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Women greater than 18 years old
• Agreeing to be contacted for research purposes.
• Able to read and understand English who have had agreed to be contacted with a valid email address

Exclusion criteria

• Self identified as non-female
• Age <18 years old.
• Women without computer or electronic device access or valid email address and women who did not respond

Trial design

1,112 participants in 2 patient groups

Women with child birth

Description:

Women attending chronic pain clinic who have previously experienced childbirth

Women without childbirth

Description:

Women attending chronic pain clinic who have not previously experienced childbirth