Assessment of In-Hospital Pain Control after Childbirth and Its Correlation with Anxiety in the Postpartum Period: A Cross-Sectional Study at a Single Center in the USA

Anxiety is common during the antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum period. While relationship between obstetric pain depression well characterized, there are few publications examining anxiety. Our objective was to characterize association, if any, This a survey-based cross-sectional study. The general anxiety disorder (GAD)-7 American Pain Society patient outcome questionnaire (APS-POQ) were completed by 64 participants at hospital discharge. Associations control assessed. Participants with moderate severe scores (greater or equal 10) on GAD-7 had more maximum (0 10 scale) in range 7) first (p = 0.049) second 0.010) 24 h periods after delivery likely have spent time within these frames 0.007 p 0.010, respectively). Similar relationships observed when classifying ordinally. In conclusion, higher associated greater