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Table 2 Comorbidity according to NVP severity

From: The burden of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy: severe impacts on quality of life, daily life functioning and willingness to become pregnant again – results from a cross-sectional study

 

PUQE

Total

Mild

Moderate

Severe

 

N = 712 n (%)

N = 62 n (%)

N = 439 n (%)

N = 210 n (%)

p-valuea

Heartburn and reflux problems

458 (64.3)

36 (58.1)

270 (61.5)

151 (71.9)

0.02

Headache

441 (61.9)

29 (46.8)

277 (63.1)

134 (63.8)

0.04

Constipation

431 (60.5)

45 (72.6)

267 (60.8)

118 (56.2)

0.07

Common cold

274 (38.4)

25 (40.3)

175 (39.9)

73 (34.8)

0.43

Pain in back, neck or pelvic

469 (65.8)

41 (66.1)

297 (67.7)

130 (61.9)

0.35

Sleep problems

450 (63.2)

33 (53.2)

282 (64.2)

134 (63.8)

0.24

Urinary tract infection

114 (15.9)

7 (11.3)

67 (15.3)

39 (18.6)

0.33

Other

91 (12.8)

9 (14.5)

60 (13.7)

22 (10.5)

0.48

Any chronic illness

345 (48.5)

21 (33.9)

221 (50.3)

103 (49.0)

0.051

Feelings of depression due to NVP

 Never

61 (8.6)

18 (29.0)

37 (8.4)

6 (2.9)

<0.001

 Seldom

121 (17.0)

22 (35.5)

82 (18.7)

17 (8.1)

 

 Sometimes

323 (45.4)

19 (30.6)

211 (48.1)

93 (44.3)

 

 Most of the time

187 (26.3)

3 (4.8)

101 (23.0)

82 (39.0)

 

 Always

20 (2.8)

0 (0.0)

8 (1.8)

12 (5.7)

 
  1. aChi-square test or Fisher’s exact test when expected count was less than 5. Bold p-values indicate statistically significant differences between the groups