Clinical and Demographic Characteristics of Patient-Initiated Encounters Before the 6-Week Postpartum Visit

Objective To identify characteristics associated with a higher likelihood of patient-initiated encounters with a health care professional before the scheduled 6-week postpartum visit. Methods We performed a retrospective cohort study of postpartum persons who received prenatal care and delivered at...

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Published in:Maternal and child health journal 2024-09, Vol.28 (9), p.1530-1538
Main Authors: Falde, Danielle L., Dyre, Lillian J., Mehta, Ramila A., Branda, Megan E., Butler Tobah, Yvonne S., Theiler, Regan N., Rivera-Chiauzzi, Enid Y.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Breast feeding
Breastfeeding & lactation
Cesarean section
Episiotomy
Gynecology
Hospitalization
Maternal and Child Health
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Obstetrics
Pediatrics
Population Economics
Postpartum period
Public Health
Sociology
Vagina
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Summary:Objective To identify characteristics associated with a higher likelihood of patient-initiated encounters with a health care professional before the scheduled 6-week postpartum visit. Methods We performed a retrospective cohort study of postpartum persons who received prenatal care and delivered at a single academic level IV maternity care center in 2019. We determined associations between maternal sociodemographic and obstetric characteristics and the likelihood of patient-initiated early postpartum encounters with χ 2 tests for categorical variables and Wilcoxon rank sum tests for continuous and ordinal variables. Results A total of 796 patients were included in our analysis, and 324 (40.7%) initiated an early postpartum encounter. Significantly more postpartum persons who initiated early postpartum encounters were primiparous persons (54.3%) than multiparous (33.8%) persons ( P  
ISSN:1092-7875
1573-6628
1573-6628
DOI:10.1007/s10995-024-03933-3