The presence of a partner to support the mother during cesarean and vaginal deliveries is a well-established practice in most countries worldwide. It is evident that allowing the partner into the operating room during a cesarean section provides psychosocial benefits for both the mother and the partner. This study aims to investigate the effect of the presence of partner in the operating room on quality of recovery of parturients at the postoperative period.
Patients scheduled for an elective cesarean section.
Patients and their partners must be literate in Turkish (able to read and write) to accurately complete the study questionnaires
Patients and their partners must be willing and able to provide written informed consent
Healthy pregnant women with no additional chronic or systemic diseases (comorbidities)
Patients undergoing emergency cesarean sections.
Patients with any known chronic or systemic additional diseases
Surgeons with any known chronic or systemic diseases.
Individuals unable to read or understand the Turkish questionnaires (implied by the literacy requirement).