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Multicenter Study
. 2002 May;186(5 Suppl Understanding):S220-7.
doi: 10.1067/mob.2002.122605.

The burden of illness of severe nausea and vomiting of pregnancy in the United States

Cheryl L Attard  1 , Michele A Kohli, Suzanne Coleman, Cathy Bradley, Margaret Hux, Gordana Atanackovic, George W Torrance
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Multicenter Study

The burden of illness of severe nausea and vomiting of pregnancy in the United States

Cheryl L Attard et al. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2002 May.

Abstract

Objective: Our purpose was to determine the extent to which nausea and vomiting of pregnancy affects a woman's quality of life (QOL), ability to function, and health care resource use.

Study design: We conducted an observational, multicenter, prospective cohort study by gathering data on the symptoms, QOL, and health care resource use from women who have nausea and vomiting of pregnancy.

Results: All 8 domains of health measured by the Short Form-36 QOL survey were limited by patient symptoms. This limitation manifested itself as patient-time loss from work and other normal activities, unpaid caregiver-time loss from work, and use of health care resources (eg, hospitalization). All types of time loss were correlated to severity of symptoms.

Conclusions: Nausea and vomiting of pregnancy can severely reduce a woman's QOL and ability to function. The degree of limitation is associated with the severity of symptoms.

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