. Zahra Kamali; . Zahra Abedian; . Ala SaberMohammad; . Zahra Mohebbi Dehnavi
Volume 8, Issue 9 , September 2018, , Pages 1-7
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Nausea and vomiting in pregnancy is the most common medical complication inthe first trimester of pregnancy. That associated with a wide range of physical and mental symptomsfor ...
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INTRODUCTION: Nausea and vomiting in pregnancy is the most common medical complication inthe first trimester of pregnancy. That associated with a wide range of physical and mental symptomsfor the patient and his family and can affect the quality of life of women’s life. In addition, the trainingto improve knowledge, in adjusting diet and lifestyle, and leading to decrease nausea and vomiting.Due to the positive characteristics of training using the small groups, this study was applied with theobjective of “The effect of small group teaching on quality of life in pregnant women with nauseaand vomiting.”METHODS: This study was applied based on intervention, on 59 nulliparous women with nauseaand vomiting who referred to obstetrics ward of selected health and treatment centers in NeishaboorCounty. The training was presented by a researcher in group intervention in 8 sessions, each 45–30 minin small groups (3 groups 10 members). The control group received routine care. The studyinstruments (nausea and vomiting of pregnancy quality of life questionnaire) and (modified‑PUGE)form. The results were analyzed using the Wilcoxon test, Mann–Whitney, and t‑test.RESULTS: Research units were no statistically significant difference of personal data, at the beginningof the study, and before intervention, was not differences between the mean change scores ofpostpartum stress disorder in two groups (P = 0/192). While the mean quality of life score in theintervention and control groups was statistically significant difference after intervention (P = 0.001).Quality of life score in the intervention group had statistically significant difference before and afterthe intervention (P = 0.001).CONCLUSION: Training in the intervention group with small group strategies has more effective incomparison to conventional training of nausea and vomiting.