Associations between postpartum pain type, pain intensity and opioid use in patients with and without opioid use disorder: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pain is a multidimensional construct. The purpose of this cross-sectional, single-centre study was to evaluate the relationship between postpartum pain type with pain intensity and opioid use in people with and without opioid use disorder (OUD).

Methods

Postpartum pain type was coded from McGill Pain Questionnaire and Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS) inventories in people with or without OUD after childbirth in a 4-month period. The co-primary outcomes were pain intensity (0-10 scale) and total inpatient oxycodone (mg). Multivariable linear mixed-effects models assessed between- and within-person relationships for pain type (primary predictor) and outcomes.

Results

There were 44 522 unique pain scores and types from 2610 peop

SUBMITTER: Lim G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9900726 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature