Open AccessPrevalence of low back pain experienced after delivery with and without epidural analgesia: A non-randomised prospective direct and telephonic survey
Author(s) -
Shemila Abbasi,
Mohammad Hamid,
Zeeshan Ahmed,
Fauzia Haq Nawaz
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of anaesthesia/indian journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 0976-2817
pISSN - 0019-5049
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5049.130814
Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , odds ratio , visual analogue scale , anesthesia , low back pain , back pain , population , alternative medicine , environmental health , pathology
The most frequent concern of patients receiving epidural analgesia for labour pain relief is post-partum back pain. This survey was designed to assess the prevalence of post-partum backache with and without epidural analgesia among post-partum women.