Abstract
Hyperemesis gravidarum can lead to depression or anxiety disorder in pregnant women more frequently than serious complications. This situation can significantly deteriorate the quality of life of the pregnant woman. In our study, it was aimed to investigate the levels of depression and anxiety in patients with hyperemesis gravidarum, and to analyze the effect of hyperemesis on quality of life.
Highlights
No signficant differences were found between the hyperemesis and the control groups in terms of mean age (p = 0.194), gestational week (p = 0.082), number of gravida (p = 0.506), number ofparity (p = 0.949), depression score (p = 0.161), anxiety score (p = 0.266), physical score (p = 0.684) and mental score (p = 0.263) (Table 1)
No significant difference was found in the distribution of depression and anxiety levels between the groups (p = 0.46 and p = 0.557, respectively) (Table 2)
According to the findings of the study conducted by Özen, et al [12], the rate of severe anxiety in pregnant women diagnosed with hyperemesis gravidarum was significantly higher than the control group, and the rate of minimal anxiety level was significantly lower (p < 0.001; as the result of statistical analysis performed by us based on the data of that paper)
Summary
The mean age of the patients included in the study was 25.4 ± 5.0 years (Age range: 17-39 years). No signficant differences were found between the hyperemesis and the control groups in terms of mean age (p = 0.194), gestational week (p = 0.082), number of gravida (p = 0.506), number ofparity (p = 0.949), depression score (p = 0.161), anxiety score (p = 0.266), physical score (p = 0.684) and mental score (p = 0.263) (Table 1). Severe depression was detected in seven (8.0%) patients in the hyperemesis group and two (8.3%) patients in the control group. Severe anxiety was detected in 14 (16.1%) patients in the hyperemesis group and in three (12.5%) patients in the control group. Both depression and anxiety scores were found to be negatively correlated with SF-12 mental score (p < 0.001; r = -0.538 and p < 0.001; r = -0.539, respectively) and physical score (p < 0.001; r = -0.426 and p < 0.001; r = -0.436, respectively) in the hyperemesis group (Table 3)
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