Avaliação da dor no período puerperal: estudo comparativo entre os tipos de parto

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Objective – To compare the frequency, location, and intensity of pain reported by women undergoing vaginal delivery and cesarean section, and check the activity limitations caused by this symptom. Methods – Descriptive, cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach. Results– Developed with 424 women seen at two hospitals of São Paulo during the period from September to December 2012. Pain was reported by 71.3% of postpartum women with vaginal delivery and 75.1% of who had cesarean delivery. A localized pain in the suprapubic region was the most frequently cited (44%) followed by abdominal (29.4%) with no statistically significant difference between the types of delivery. Difficulties to sit (72.6%) and to walk (59.4%) were the most common limitations related by women. Conclusions – It is concluded that most of the mothers interviewed reported experiencing pain in the postpartum period, regardless of the type of delivery, with a predominance of limitations during activities of sitting and walking.