Health-related quality of life of pregnant women with heartburn and regurgitation
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2015Author
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Qualidade de vida em gestantes com pirose e regurgitação
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Background - Heartburn and regurgitation frequently occur in the third trimester of pregnancy, but their impact on quality of life has not been thoroughly investigated. Objective - To measure health-related quality of life of third-trimester pregnant women with heartburn and regurgitation. Methods - Data on obstetric history, heartburn and regurgitation frequency and intensity, history of heartburn and regurgitation and health-related quality of life were collected of 82 third-trimester pregnan ...
Background - Heartburn and regurgitation frequently occur in the third trimester of pregnancy, but their impact on quality of life has not been thoroughly investigated. Objective - To measure health-related quality of life of third-trimester pregnant women with heartburn and regurgitation. Methods - Data on obstetric history, heartburn and regurgitation frequency and intensity, history of heartburn and regurgitation and health-related quality of life were collected of 82 third-trimester pregnant women. Results - Sixty-two (76%) women had heartburn, and 58 (71%), regurgitation; 20 were asymptomatic. Mean gestational age was 33.8±3.7 weeks; 35 (43%) women had a family history of heartburn and/or regurgitation, and 57 (70%) were asymptomatic before pregnancy. The following quality of life concepts were significantly reduced: physical problems and social functioning for heartburn; physical problems and emotional functioning for regurgitation. There was agreement between heartburn in present and previous pregnancies. Conclusion - Heartburn and/or regurgitation affected health-related quality of life of third trimester pregnant women. ...
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Arquivos de gastroenterologia. São Paulo. Vol. 52, no. 2 (Apr./June 2015), p. 100-104
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