Table 3.
Ranking of domains according to perceived importance to stakeholders and number of stakeholders reporting items within individual domains
| Ranking | Median perceived importance score of domainsa (IQR) (n = 34; scored using NRS between 0 and 100b) |
Total number of stakeholders reporting individual domain symptoms/concerns/itemsd | Weighted rankinge | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (highest ranked) | Infant healthc | 100 (90–100) | Psychosocial distress (97) | Psychosocial distress (9021) |
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| 2 | Physical function | 98 (90–100) | Surgical/medical factors (53) |
Surgical/medical factors (5194) |
| 3 | Surgical/Medical factors | 98 (80–100) | Infant feeding (50) |
Infant feeding (4500) |
| 4 | Psychosocial distress | 93 (90–100) | Psychosocial support (38) |
Psychosocial support (3420) |
| 5 | Pain | 90 (80–100) | Pain (37) |
Pain (3330) |
| 6 | Motherhood experience | 90 (80–100) | Sleep (25) |
Physical function (2254) |
| 7 | Infant feeding/breastfeeding/breast health | 90 (80–96) | Physical function (23) | Sleep (2000) |
| 8 | Psychosocial support | 90 (80–93) | Motherhood experience (21) |
Motherhood experience (1890) |
| 9 | Cognition | 85 (63–100) | Infant health (9) |
Infant health (900) |
| 10 | Sleep | 80(70–95) | Fatigue (11) |
Fatigue (770) |
| 11 | Fatigue | 70 (60–88) | Appearance/cosmetic factors (7) | Appearance/cosmetic factors (420) |
| 12 | Appearance/cosmetic factors | 60 (43–80) | Sexual function (7) | Sexual function (350) |
| 13 (lowest ranked) | Sexual function | 50 (50–70) | Cognition (2) | Cognition (170) |
Surgical/medical = surgical and medical factors; Appearance = appearance/cosmetic domain.
All alisted domains were deemed to be important for inclusion by more than five stakeholders.
NRS 0 = not at all important to recovery; 100 = vitally important to recovery.
Infant health domain was introduced by third patient interviewed in Phase 4 (therefore reported median score is based on n = 26; 21 postpartum women and five anaesthetists.
Analysed from transcripts following completion of all interviews; ranking according to number of stakeholders reporting items within a domain.
Number of stakeholders (four) multiplied by perceived importance score (e.g. contraception, sexual health and sexuality (within the domain of sexual function) were discussed in four, two and one separate interviews, respectively, (total no. of stakeholders is seven). Median perceived importance of sexual function score was 50. Therefore, weighted score is 7 × 50 = 350.