Self-reported vomiting during pregnancy in North-east Nigeria: perceptions, prevalence, severity and impacts.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Vomiting is a common ailment during pregnancy, often linked to negative impacts on women's quality of life. Very little is known about the issue in low income settings, particularly Sub-Saharan Africa, with studies from high income settings predominantly informing the evidence base. This study aimed to explore how women perceive vomiting during pregnancy and to measure its prevalence, severity and impacts in North-east Nigeria.

Methods

Qualitative in-depth interviews, focus group discussions, family interviews and a cross-sectional household survey were carried out between December 2015 and November 2016 with women who had given birth within the past two years. Purposive sampling and thematic analysis were used in the qualitative studies. A three-staged cluster sa

SUBMITTER: Yargawa J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9351193 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature