Outcomes
Baseline data such as age, weight, height and parity and Body Mass Index (BMI) (reported at booking visit) were obtained from the patient’s clinical records. A Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) questionnaire that was validated for Sinhala and Tamil in Sri Lanka was employed in this study to assess post-natal QOL after six weeks following CS [A follow-up call was given by the principal investigator during and at six weeks to ensure that each participant filled out the SF-36 questionnaire. The assistance of the public health midwife was sought in case of failure to respond to the questionnaire.