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Table 5 Negative impact of NVP on daily life functioning and willingness to get pregnant again

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

Totalb

Mild

Moderate

Severe

p-valuea

 

N = 712 n (%)

N = 62 n (%)

N = 439 n (%)

N = 210 n (%)

 

1. Taking care of household chores

 No impact

29 (4.1)

14 (22.6)

14 (3.2)

1 (0.5)

<0.001

 Minor impact

150 (21.1)

37 (59.7)

103 (23.5)

10 (4.8)

 

 Major impact

533 (74.9)

11 (17.7)

322 (73.3)

199 (94.8)

 

2. Social life

 No impact

44 (6.2)

18 (29.0)

23 (5.2)

3 (1.4)

<0.001

 Minor impact

155 (21.8)

34 (54.8)

103 (23.5)

17 (8.1)

 

 Major impact

513 (72.1)

10 (16.1)

313 (71.3)

190 (90.5)

 

3. Relationship with partner c, n=682

 No impact

134 (19.6)

23 (38.3)

77 (18.2)

34 (17.1)

<0.001

 Minor impact

306 (44.9)

32 (53.3)

193 (45.7)

80 (40.2)

 

 Major impact

242 (35.5)

5 (8.3)

152 (36.0)

85 (42.7)

 

4. Ability to care for children d, n=351

 No impact

31 (8.8)

10 (32.3)

16 (7.7)

5 (4.5)

<0.001

 Minor impact

97 (27.6)

17 (54.8)

67 (32.2)

13 (11.6)

 

 Major impact

223 (63.5)

4 (12.9)

125 (60.1)

94 (83.9)

 

5. Work capacity e, n=671

 No impact

28 (4.2)

8 (13.8)

20 (4.9)

0 (0.0)

<0.001

 Minor impact

147 (21.9)

40 (69.0)

95 (23.2)

12 (5.9)

 

 Major impact

496 (73.9)

10 (17.2)

294 (71.9)

191 (94.1)

 

6. Sick leave due to NVP f, n=649

 No

221 (34.1)

50 (84.7)

153 (38.8)

18 (9.2)

<0.001

 Yes

428 (65.9)

9 (15.3)

241 (61.2)

178 (90.8)

 

7. Considered to terminate the pregnancy due to NVP

 No

608 (85.5)

62 (100.0)

393 (89.5)

153 (72.9)

<0.001

 Yes

100 (14.1)

0 (0.0)

44 (10.0)

56 (26.7)

 

 Unsure

3 (0.4)

0 (0.0)

2 (0.5)

1 (0.5)

 

8. Consider not to get pregnant again

 No

333 (46.8)

54 (87.1)

233 (53.1)

46 (21.9)

<0.001

 Yes

353 (49.6)

6 (9.7)

188 (42.8)

159 (75.7)

 

 Unsure

25 (3.5)

2 (3.2)

18 (4.1)

5 (2.4)

 
  1. Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; PUQE, 24 h Pregnancy-Unique Quantification of Emesis; NVP, nausea and vomiting of pregnancy
  2. aChi-square test or Fisher’s exact test when expected count were less than 5. Bold p-values indicate statistically significant differences between the groups
  3. bThe sums do not always add up to total due to missing (“not relevant”)
  4. c3.8% responded “not relevant”
  5. d52.3% did not have any children
  6. e6.8% responded “not relevant”
  7. f8.8% responded “not relevant”