Braz J Anesthesiol
May 2015
Background And Objectives: Vaginal birth delivery may result in acute and persistent perineal pain postpartum. This study evaluated the association between catastrophizing, a phenomenon of poor psychological adjustment to pain leading the individual to magnify the painful experience making it more intense, and the incidence and severity of perineal pain and its relationship to perineal trauma.
Method: Cohort study conducted with pregnant women in labor.
Braz J Anesthesiol
August 2014
Background And Objectives: Vaginal birth delivery may result in acute and persistent perineal pain postpartum. This study evaluated the association between catastrophizing, a phenomenon of poor psychological adjustment to pain leading the individual to magnify the painful experience making it more intense, and the incidence and severity of perineal pain and its relationship to perineal trauma.
Method: Cohort study conducted with pregnant women in labor.