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Table 5 Reported health problems ≥ 1 month and < 3 months postpartum

From: The prevalence of women’s emotional and physical health problems following a postpartum haemorrhage: a systematic review

References

Thompson et al. (2011) [27]

Liu et al. (2002) [30]

Number of participants

n = 171

n = 113,861

Reported Health problems ≥ 1 < 3 months postpartum

 Anxiety: State Trait Anxiety Inventory (median)

10

 

 Depression: Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale > 12

19 (11 %)

 

 Post-traumatic stress disorder: PCL > 44

9 (5 %)

 

 Health Status: SF36 ‘somewhat worse than 1 year ago’ ago’

46 (26.9 %)

 

 Health Status: SF36 ‘much worse than 1 year ago’

14 (8.2 %)

 

Physical problems:

 i. Painful perineum (vaginal births only)

54/103 (52.5 %)

 

 ii. Perineal infection (vaginal births only)

6/104 (5.8 %)

 

 iii. Pain at CS site (CS births only)

53/65 (81.5 %)

 

 iv. CS wound infection (CS births only)

12/65 (18.5 %)

 

 v. Uterine infection

10 (5.9 %)

 

 vi. Urinary tract infection

11 (6.5 %)

 

 vii. Stress urinary incontinence

57 (33.5 %)

 

 viii. Constipation

81 (47.6 %)

 

 ix. Incontinence of faeces

10 (5.9 %)

 

 x. Incontinence of flatus

31 (18.5 %)

 

 xi. Breast infection/ mastitis

37 (21.8 %)

 

 xii. Backache

92 (54.7 %)

 

 xiii. Headache (frequent)

49 (29.2 %)

 

 xiv. Physical exhaustion

119 (71.2 %)

 

Re-admission Reasons:

17 (10 %)

4108 (3.6 %)

 i. Mastitis/Breast abscess

4/17

 

 ii. Bleeding/Retained of products of conception

3/17

 

 iii. Low haemoglobin/transfusion

3/17

 

 iv. Problems with perineal stitches

2/17

 

 v. Postnatal depression, hyperventilation, pleuritic pain, blood clot on liver, severe migraine, neonatal jaundice

1/17 (each)

 
  1. CS caesarean section