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Table 1 Proportions of self-assessment of NVP severity, frequency of vomiting/retching and duration of nausea of 500 women

From: Discordance between physical symptoms versus perception of severity by women with nausea and vomiting in pregnancy (NVP)

Self-assessment of NVP severity

mild

31

6.2%

 

moderate

244

48.8

 

severe

225

45.0

 

missing

0

0.0

 

never

97

19.4

Frequency of Vomiting/retching

once per day

105

21.0

 

2–5 times/day

217

43.4

 

> 5 times/day

81

16.2

 

missing

0

0.0

 

rarely or never

3

0.6

Duration of Nausea

some of the time

44

8.8

 

most of the time

191

38.2

 

always

261

52.2

 

missing

1

0.2