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ID 114407
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Uemura, Yuko Kagawa Prefectural College of Health Sciences|Tokushima University
Horike, Kimiyo Shikoku Medical Center for Children and Adults
Maeda, Kazuhisa Shikoku Medical Center for Children and Adults KAKEN Search Researchers
Sakae, Reiko Kagawa Prefectural College of Health Sciences
Matsumura, Keiko Kagawa Prefectural College of Health Sciences
Keywords
Pregnancy
first trimester
low back pain
pelvic pain
parity
Content Type
Journal Article
Description
The aim of this study was to clarify the proportion of women with low back and/or pelvic pain (LBPP) and LBPP-related factors at the early stage of pregnancy and to clarify the differences between LBPP-related factors in primiparous women and multiparous women in Japan. 157 pregnant women were recruited. Information about the presence of LBPP, degree of pain by using a visual analog scale (VAS), location of pain, past history of LBPP and background characteristics were collected. Physical status was assessed by the pregnancy mobility index (PMI). The Ethics Committee of Tokushima University Hospital approved the study. The proportion of women who complained of LBPP was 65.6%. PMI score in women with LBPP was significantly higher than that in women without LBPP (p<0.001). The proportions of women with a past history of LBPP before pregnancy and with a past history of LBPP in the previous pregnancy were significantly higher in women with LBPP (p<0.001 and p=0.002, respectively). In women with LBPP, the score of VAS in multiparous women was significantly higher than that in primiparous women (p=0.019). Early management for women with a past history of LBPP before pregnancy and with a past history of LBPP in the previous pregnancy is important. Management for lumbar pain according to parity is needed for health guidance at the early stage of pregnancy.
Journal Title
International Journal of Nursing and Midwifery
ISSN
21412456
Publisher
Academic Journals
Volume
9
Issue
1
Start Page
1
End Page
9
Published Date
2017-01-31
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Author(s) agree that this article remain permanently open access under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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