Level of activity limitations and predictors in women with pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain: Prospective cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

For many pregnant women, pelvic girdle pain caused by pregnancy has an impact on their daily living. Women with lumbo-pelvic pain have moderate to severe discomfort that makes daily activities like getting out of a chair, bending, and walking difficult. The aim of this study was to determine the extent of daily activity restrictions and to discover predictors of pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain.

Study design

Prospective cross-sectional study.

Methods

This prospective cross-sectional study was undertaken from January October 2018 to October 29/2019 among 337 gravid mothers with pregnancy-related limbo-pelvic pain. A structured questionnaire adapted from the activity limitation-related pelvic girdle pain questionnaire was used for data collection. Epi-inf

SUBMITTER: Gashaw M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9207037 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature