ObsQoR

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Quality of Recovery from Obstetric Anaesthesia- a multicentre study.

• IRAS ID

  254064

• Contact name

  Elizabeth Bruna

• Contact email

  R&D@gstt.nhs.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  Guys and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

• Duration of Study in the UK

  0 years, 3 months, 31 days

• Research summary

  Recovery from obstetric anaesthesia is an understudied area, whilst there are fully validated tools in other subspecialities of anaesthesia there are no fully validated tools for obstetric anaesthesia. The aim of this study is to use the quality of obstetric anaesthesia recovery tool (ObsQoR) a 10-point questionnaire across multiple centres in England to assess correlation with length of stay and variation in different types of operative and non-operative delivery. ObsQoR has been developed and validated in a single centre for both emergency and elective caesarean delivery.
  The Obstetric Anaesthetic Association (OAA) and Royal College of Anaesthetists state women who have had received anaesthetic care should be followed up and reviewed following delivery, the methods and objectivity of this is lacking.

  The study, funded by a grant from the OAA will consent and survey post-partum women during 3 days of a two-week period in participating centres with an obstetric anaesthetic service. At 30-days a repeat telephone survey will be conducted asking similar questions. Demographic, anaesthetic and obstetric data will be collected as well as recording readmission, intervention and GP visits in the first 30 days.

  All women over 18 ASA physical status 2- 4 who have had an intervention from an anaesthetist during the peripartum period will be invited and consented to take part in the survey during their routine post-delivery by the anaesthetist.
  Women who will be excluded are those who are unable to comprehend the survey, delivering <32-weeks gestation, anaesthesia solely for external cephalic version or cervical cerclage.
  The primary outcome will be to correlate the length of stay in hours following delivery with ObsQoR score. We will compare ObsQoR profiles with differing geographical, temporal and institutional factors. At the 30-days survey we will assess return to normal function, further comorbid states, opioid requirements and physical activity.

• REC name

  South Central - Berkshire B Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  19/SC/0333

• Date of REC Opinion

  31 Jul 2019

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion