Clinical profile of persistent genito-pelvic postpartum pain.

CONCLUSIONS: PPP was quite prevalent in this sample, and while the intensity of pain was on average, mild, the pain was widespread in terms of location and triggers. Multiple biopsychosocial factors differentiated women with persistent postpartum pain from those women whose pain resolved. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: PPP is a common health concern for new mothers in the first year postpartum, and may be best addressed by health care professionals using a multidimensional approach, which focuses on the psychosocial aspects of pain. PMID: 28419979 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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