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New moms are booking postpartum retreats for recovery and support
- Pervez Sultan and colleagues developed the STORK survey in 2023 to measure how mothers recover from childbirth in the United States.
- The development responded to rising maternal deaths and lack of validated tools for assessing physical and mental postpartum recovery.
- STORK evaluates physical challenges, mental health, social support, sleep, and motherhood experience to identify mothers needing extra help.
- Almost 1 in 5 women face depression after birth, and the U.S. maternal death rate is 19 per 100,000, the highest among wealthy nations.
- Using STORK routinely could improve early detection of postpartum issues, potentially reducing suffering and enhancing recovery outcomes for mothers.
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