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- The study looked at how pregnant women with hyperemesis gravidarum (HG), which means severe nausea and vomiting, experience anxiety, depression, and sleep problems compared to a control group.
- It involved 98 women, with 46 having HG and 52 not having it. The results showed that the HG patients had much higher levels of anxiety and depression, and they also had serious sleep disorders.
- The researchers found that many women with HG struggled more with sleep issues because of their nausea and vomiting, while the control group had much fewer sleep problems.
Article Abstract
The purpose of this study was to compare patients who were diagnosed with hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) with the control group by identifying anxiety, depression, sleep disorder levels and the relationship between them. This study involved 98 first-trimester pregnant women (46 HG patients and 52 control group patients) who applied to the Hitit University Medicine Faculty Obstetrics and Gynecology clinic. Statistically significant differences were found between HG patients and the control group according to the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) scores ( < .001 and < .001, respectively). In addition, a significant relationship was found between the classification performed according to the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) scores and HG ( < .001). According to PSQI scores, while 60.9% of HG patients had severe sleep disorders, 7.7% of the patients in the control group had severe sleep disorders. These findings clearly show that the PSQI scores increased as a result of nausea and vomiting. Impact statement The aetiology of hyperemesis gravidarum has not yet been clarified. There are some studies that relate pregnancy to anxiety and depression. In our study, we aimed to evaluate first-trimester vomiting with psychological disorders. There was a statistically significant relationship between PSQI scores and BAI and BDI scores in the HG group. However, this relationship was not detected in the control group. Also, PSQI scores increased as a result of nausea and vomiting in HG cases.
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