Evaluation of Headache and Childbirth in a Chronic Pain Population

Completed

• Conditions: Headache

• Registration Number: NCT04632420
• Lead Sponsor: Stanford University

Brief Summary

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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-09-13
• Primary Completion: 2020-02-26
• Study Completion: 2020-02-26
• Study First Submitted: 2020-10-30
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-11-11
• Study First Posted: 2020-11-17
• Status Verified: 2023-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-04-10
• Last Update Posted: 2023-04-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 1112

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

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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

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Prevalence of chronic headache	10 minute questionnaire	Percentage of patients with chronic headache in women who have given birth and who have not given birth

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Postpartum headache	10 minute questionnaire	Percentage of headache in the postpartum period in women who have given birth
Risk factors for developing acute or acutely worsened headache within 5 days of delivery	10 minute questionnaire	Association between demographic, obstetric or anesthesia related factors and acute or acutely worsened headache within 5 days of delivery
Severity of headache	10 minute questionnaire	1 to 10 scale. 1 is almost no pain, 10 is worst pain imaginable
Age of onset of headache	10 minute questionnaire	Age of onset of headache
Predictors for postpartum headache	10 minute questionnaire	Association between demographics/headache characteristics/predisposing risk factors and postpartum headache
Frequency of worst headache	10 minute questionnaire	How many days per month did patients have worst headaches

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Stanford University; 🇺🇸 Stanford, California, United States