Swallow, Brian L. and Lindow, S. W. and Masson, E. A. and Hay, D. M. (2002) Development of an instrument to measure nausea and vomiting in pregnancy. Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 22 (5). pp. 481-485. ISSN 0144-3615

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Abstract

Severity of nausea, retching and vomiting was determined using a newly developed nausea and vomiting in pregnancy instrument (NVPI) in two groups of pregnant women at two gestational time periods. Participants at Time 1 (approximately gestational week 9), completed a postal questionnaire (N = 643) and those at Time 2 (approximately 13 weeks) completed the instrument at the clinic (N = 284). The three scale items forming the instrument had acceptable internal reliability (Time 1 a = 0·76; Time 2 a = 0·82). It was noted that approximately 60% of women did not vomit, approximately 30% experienced no retching, but 30–40% experienced nausea either all the time or more than once a day. The instrument may prove to be useful as a research tool to study nausea and vomiting in pregnancy.

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Additional Information:	Severity of nausea, retching and vomiting was determined using a newly developed nausea and vomiting in pregnancy instrument (NVPI) in two groups of pregnant women at two gestational time periods. Participants at Time 1 (approximately gestational week 9), completed a postal questionnaire (N = 643) and those at Time 2 (approximately 13 weeks) completed the instrument at the clinic (N = 284). The three scale items forming the instrument had acceptable internal reliability (Time 1 a = 0·76; Time 2 a = 0·82). It was noted that approximately 60% of women did not vomit, approximately 30% experienced no retching, but 30–40% experienced nausea either all the time or more than once a day. The instrument may prove to be useful as a research tool to study nausea and vomiting in pregnancy.
Keywords:	Nausea, Vomiting, Pregnancy, Measurement tool
Subjects:	B Subjects allied to Medicine > B720 Midwifery C Biological Sciences > C800 Psychology A Medicine and Dentistry > A990 Medicine and Dentistry not elsewhere classified
Divisions:	College of Social Sciences > Faculty of Health & Social Sciences > School of Psychology
Depositing User:	Bev Jones
Date Deposited:	20 Sep 2007
Last Modified:	13 Mar 2013 08:22
URI:	http://eprints.lincoln.ac.uk/id/eprint/620

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