Journal article
Health care utilisation of women who experience pregnancy-related reflux, nausea and/or vomiting
The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine, Vol.30(16), pp.1938-1943
01/01/2017
PMID: 27594351
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Abstract
Objective: Nausea, vomiting and reflux are common conditions experienced by women during pregnancy. The objective of this project was to examine women’s use of health services for these conditions.
Methods: The study sample was obtained via the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health. A total of 2445 women who were pregnant or who had recently given birth in 2009 were invited to complete a sub-survey in 2010 about pregnancy and health service utilisation. A response rate of 79.2% was obtained.
Results: During their pregnancy, 604 (32.9%) respondents experienced nausea, with 255 (42.2%) of these women seeking help from a health care practitioner. A total of 201 women (11%) reported repeated vomiting, and 637 women (34.7%) reported reflux, of which 78.6% and 59.2% sought help, respectively. There were no significant differences in the mental and physical health measures between women with nausea, vomiting and/or reflux who sought help and women who did not. Having private health insurance with obstetric cover was associated with seeking help for reflux; this was the only demographic measure significantly associated with seeking help for any condition.
Details
- Title
- Health care utilisation of women who experience pregnancy-related reflux, nausea and/or vomiting
- Creators
- Jane Frawley - University of Technology SydneyHelen Hall - Monash UniversityJon Adams - University of Technology SydneyDavid Sibbritt - Monash University
- Publication Details
- The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine, Vol.30(16), pp.1938-1943
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Number of pages
- 6
- Grant note
- DP1094765 / ARC; Australian Research Council NHMRC; National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Australia
- Identifiers
- 991013036341602368
- Academic Unit
- National Centre for Naturopathic Medicine
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article