Women's postpartum practices and chronic pain in rural China.
OBJECTIVE
The aims of this study were to describe women's traditional postpartum practice and chronic pain, and to explore the relationship between them.


METHODS
In this cross-sectional and case-control study, two scales were used to measure the traditional practices and chronic pain in a random sample of 1,831 women 5-11 years after delivery.


RESULTS
Twenty-eight different postpartum practices were measured by traditional postpartum practices scale (TPPS) and the majority of the women adhered to these practices during their postpartum period. The prevalence of chronic pain was 55.8%. A multiple logistic regression analysis, as well as the analysis from a pair-matched case-control design showed that there was no relationship between women's traditional practices and chronic pain.


CONCLUSIONS
Women's traditional postpartum practices did not decrease the risk of chronic pain for women 5-11 years after their deliveries.
Wang
Xiaoli
X
Division of Maternal and Child Health, Peking University, Beijing, 100083, People's Republic of China.
Wang
Yan
Y
Zhou
Suizan
S
Wang
Jing
J
Wang
Jinlan
J
Löfstedt
Petra
P
D000328:Adult; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D011181:Postnatal Care / Q000379:methods*; D049590:Postpartum Period / Q000502:physiology*; D012424:Rural Population; D055815:Young Adult