Questionnaires and other collected data
Anxiety, anxiety, Pain, labor pain, blood loss, pain/, Uterine contraction pain, pain, labor
BLOOD LOSS, SHOULDER DYSTOCIA, POSTPARTUM COMPLICATIONS
A-LPQ is a 22-item multidimensional questionnaire assessing five subscales on labor pain experience: Uterine contraction pain, fear/ anxiety, back pain/ long haul, birthing pain, and the enormity of pain [
Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS): A 13-item scale that measures one’s tendency of developing pain through negative thinking. The instrument comprises three subscales: rumination, magnification, and helplessness and are assessed on a 5-point Likert scale [Fear-Avoidance Components Scale (FACS): An instrument to assess one’s fear avoidance associated with painful stimuli [State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI): A 40-item questionnaire that measures state anxiety (current anxiety state) and trait anxiety (susceptibility to perceive anxiety across many situations) [Data on demographic characteristics (age, race, marital status, occupation, etc.) were also collected accordingly. After their delivery, patients were assessed on their pain as part of the routine practice. Data on acute postpartum pain (at rest) at 0 to 24 h were retrieved from electronic record, and was defined as NRS 0 being no pain to 10 being worse pain imaginable. Other data including pain (labor analgesia used), obstetric (mode of delivery, postpartum complications, blood loss, shoulder dystocia) and neonatal (infant weight and length, APGAR scores) characteristics were also recorded.