Incidence of nausea and vomiting of pregnancy among Nigerian women
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences - Year 2014, Vol 2, Issue 1
Abstract
This study investigates the incidence of nausea and vomiting of pregnancy (NVP) and some factors associated with increased risk of suffering NVP. The results showed that an early menarcheal age, higher level of education, increased parity and age at menopause associated significantly (P<0.05) with NVP in one group but not in the other. An increased proportion of women born in wet season, having higher economic status, had an early child birth and carrying female foetuses reported having NVP. So also were variations in the ethnic report of NVP among the study population. This study also suggest a high prevalence (43.71%) of NVP among Nigerian women and an increased incidence over the years with women of Igbo origin having the highest incidence (53.91%) and Hausa’s the least incidence (34.80%). Keywords: NVP, incidence, prevalence and demographic factor
Authors and Affiliations
Chigeru Wodi, Barnabas Danborno, Adebisi. S. Sunday, Ukpai A. Eze
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