Patients’ satisfaction following day two versus days five or seven discharge after an uncomplicated elective caesarean sectio
- Conditions
- Pregnancy and Childbirth
- Registration Number
- PACTR202105761282607
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Onu Fidelis
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 232
1.Desire to deliver at any of the study centre facilities.
2.Term singleton pregnancies =37+0 weeks.
3.Patients that had an uncomplicated elective caesarean section. This will be defined as an elective delivery with no significant intra-operative complications such as intrapartum haemorrhage requiring blood transfusion, brace sutures, no history of primary postpartum hemorrhage or visceral injuries.
4.The caesarean sections were performed by at least a senior registrar in the department.
5.No evidence of wound infection such as perioperative site pain, tenderness, redness or discharge. Wound should be healing by primary intention.
6.Patient ambulating and able to sustain ambulation without assistance.
7.Commencement and tolerance of oral feeds up to at least one normal meal in a day.
8.Patient that have completed her parenteral medications including antibiotics and analgesia; and was tolerating oral medications.
9.Patient that are not suffering from any medical or surgical complication during or after the pregnancy. This may include hypertensive diseases of pregnancy, diabetes mellitus, sickle cell disease, anaemia, prolonged rupture of membranes, chorioamnionitis.
10.Patients that show adequate understanding of the study and demonstrate sufficient motivation for follow-up.
11.Optimal recovery from anaesthesia.
12.Residence within the town with accessibility to the hospital.
1.Non consenting women.
2.Women that have suffered any obstetric complication that may affect the study as listed in the inclusion criteria.
3.Unbooked patients were excluded. This is to minimize confounders.
4.Those who suffered perinatal death were excluded.
5.Abnormal fetuses
6.Two or more previous caesarean section.
7.Antepartum haemorrhage
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1.Patient’s satisfaction with the discharge protocol used.<br>2.Cost of hospital care during and after admission<br>3.Rate of readmission or unscheduled medical consultation for any medically/surgically related complaint<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1.Sustenance of breastfeeding at 6th week postop<br>2.Willingness to go through same protocol in the next delivery.<br>