Table 2 Severity of respondents’ vomiting experiences during pregnancy (n = 222)
Domain | Characteristic | Frequency | Weighted Proportion % (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|
Duration and episodes | Duration | ||
Started and ended in 1st trimester | 48 | 21.1 (13.5- 31.6) | |
Started in 1st trimester, ended in 2nd trimester | 88 | 39.4 (33.1- 46.2) | |
Started in 1st trimester, ended in 3rd trimester | 60 | 30.1 (19.5- 43.3) | |
Other durations | 20 | 9.3 (4.1–18.8) | |
Vomiting episodes per day- most times | |||
1–2 times | 94 | 41.7 (30.3- 54.1) | |
3–4 times | 82 | 42.2 (31.1- 54.1) | |
≥ 5 times | 36 | 16.1 (11.5- 22.1) | |
Vomiting episodes per day- most severe period | |||
1–2 times | 57 | 23.3 (13.5- 37.0) | |
3–4 times | 82 | 42.0 (29.0- 56.3) | |
≥ 5 times | 76 | 34.7 (23.3- 48.1) | |
Duration of vomiting 3–4 times a day | |||
Less than 1 week | 2 | 3.9 (0.9- 15.0) | |
1 week- 1 month | 16 | 24.3 (14.4- 38.0) | |
> 1 month but < 3 months | 22 | 25.2 (15.1- 39.1) | |
≥ 3 months | 42 | 46.6 (30.1- 63.9) | |
Duration of vomiting ≥ 5 times | |||
Less than 1 week | 1 | 1.2 (0.1- 9.8) | |
1 week- 1 month | 7 | 8.2 (3.7- 17.5) | |
> 1 month but < 3 months | 14 | 15.3 (8.2- 26.7) | |
≥ 3 months | 54 | 75.3 (60.8- 85.7) | |
Symptoms and personal assessments | Inability to retain food in stomach | 156 | 73.4 (60.2- 83.5) |
Vomiting made her afraid | 70 | 31.9 (21.2- 44.9) | |
Thought she was going to die from the vomiting | 53 | 23.0 (14.7- 34.2) | |
Lost weight because of the vomiting | 116 | 55.7 (39.1- 71.0) | |
Care-seeking | Care-seeking (women who sought care/treatment/remedy = 125 or 61.5%) | ||
Home remedy/self- treatment | 15 | 11.6 (5.4- 23.2) | |
Consulted lay source | 3 | 2.0 (0.4- 9.6) | |
Consulted traditional source | 1 | 0.7 (0.1- 5.9) | |
Visited pharmacy | 25 | 19.7 (11.0- 32.7) | |
Summoned health worker home | 6 | 6.1 (2.2- 16.1) | |
Visited formal health facility | 70 | 57.8 (48.2- 66.9) | |
Treatment received | |||
None | 18 | 11.5 (6.3- 20.3) | |
Conventional medicine/therapy | 106 | 84.7 (73.8- 91.6) | |
Traditional medicine/therapy | 3 | 1.9 (0.4- 9.3) | |
Other | 8 | 5.1 (2.5- 10.3) | |
Ever given drip for the vomiting (n = 43 or 24.4% of women vomiting) | |||
1 drip | 13 | 30.9 (18.6- 46.6) | |
2–3 drips | 14 | 30.9 (19.2- 45.8) | |
≥ 4 drips | 15 | 38.2 (22.0- 57.5) | |