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Study reveals health consequences of women after post-dural puncture headache

Study reveals health consequences of women after post-dural puncture headache Study reveals health consequences of women after post-dural puncture headache
Study reveals health consequences of women after post-dural puncture headache Study reveals health consequences of women after post-dural puncture headache

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In women with post-dural puncture headache the postnatal depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, prolonged headache, back pain and reduced breastfeeding, was observed during the postpartum follow-up.

After a post-dural puncture headache, an escalated occurrence of postnatal depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), chronic headache and back pain and reduced breastfeeding in women, as portrayed from a retrospective, cohort study in ‘European Journal of Anaesthesiology’. Post-dural puncture headache following accidental dural puncture through labour may be the reason for chronic sequelae.


Sharon Orbach-Zinger al. examined the occurrence of postnatal depression, PTSD, chronic headache, back pain and breastfeeding rates following a post-dural puncture headache.

This retrospective, case-matched cohort study comprised of a review of documented cases of dural puncture and matched case controls.


A telephone interview of women with a documented post-dural puncture headache (study cohort) and women with uneventful labour epidurals (controls) in the same 1 day period was performed. Postnatal depression was considered as a primary outcome.


The women suffering from postdural puncture headache (n = 132) and controls (n = 276) had comparable demographic data. The occurrence of factors under consideration has been described in the following table:


As observed, PTSD was more frequent among women with post-dural puncture headache. These women also breastfed less and had more frequent occurrences of headache and backache.

Source:

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Article:

Long-term psychological and physical outcomes of women after postdural puncture headache: A retrospective, cohort study

Authors:

Sharon Orbach-Zinger et al.

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