Patient and Provider Perspectives on Cesarean Delivery Pain and Anesthesia Experiences: A Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is a lack of evidence on the importance of pain or other aspects of clinical care in the overall patient experience and patient-centered outcomes in cesarean delivery. The purpose of this study was to discover patient priorities in cesarean delivery anesthesia experience, to compare patient and provider perspectives, and to explore attitudes on shared decision-making around anesthesia choices for cesarean delivery.

Methods

Patients with recent cesarean deliveries and clinical care providers were approached using a purposeful sampling strategy for this prospective observational qualitative study. Patients were included if they were in the hospital within 72 hours of a cesarean delivery (scheduled or unscheduled), spoke English fluently, and had term gestation

SUBMITTER: Park YL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12413247 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature