Gastrointestinal symptoms in pregnancy among antenatal clinic attendees in Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital Bauchi, Northeast Nigeria

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dc.contributor.authorAminu, Muhammad Baffahen_US
dc.contributor.authorAlkali, Mohammeden_US
dc.contributor.authorAudu, Bala M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAbdulrazak, Toyinen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-16T08:02:58Z
dc.date.available2020-10-16T08:02:58Z
dc.date.issued2020-03
dc.description.abstractBackground: Pregnant women are at increasing risk of GI symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and heartburns, most of these symptoms are as a result of the hormonal and physical changes associated with pregnancy. This study aimed to determine prevalence of gastrointestinal symptoms (GI) among pregnant women attending booking clinic at a Northeastern Nigerian Teaching Hospital.Methods: The study was a cross-sectional, questionnaire-based survey of four hundred and fifty-two pregnant women booking for antenatal care. Their sociodemographic variables as well as the presence or absence of gastrointestinal symptoms in index pregnancy were obtained at by the use of researcher-administered questionnaire. Data were analyzed and presented as frequencies and percentages. A 5% significance level (p <0.05) to test associations.Results: Two fifty-five women had heart burns (56.4%) while 235 (52.0%) had nausea in pregnancy, these were observed to be the most prevalent GI symptoms among the women. Diarrhea and hemorrhoids were the uncommon GI symptoms in the study population constituting 406 (89.5%), and 360 (79.6%) respectively. Easy fullness was noted in 39.8% of the women while vomiting was in 41.8% and constipation in 29% of the respondents. A significant association was observed (p value <0.05) between parity and development of anorexia and hemorrhoids in pregnancy (p values of 0.049 and 0.051 respectively) but not for the other symptoms.Conclusions: GI symptoms are common in pregnancy, the most prevalent symptoms are that of heart burns and nausea, while diarrhea is relatively uncommon.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, ATBUTH, Bauchi, Nigeria, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Medicine, ATBUTH, Bauchi, Nigeriaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Chemical Pathology, ATBUTH, Bauchi, Nigeriaen_US
dc.identifier.citationAminu Muhammad Baffah, Alkali Mohammed, Audu Bala M., Abdulrazak Toyin. Gastrointestinal symptoms in pregnancy among antenatal clinic attendees in Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital Bauchi, Northeast Nigeria. International Journal of Reproduction, Contraception, Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2020 Mar; 9(3): 1029-1033en_US
dc.identifier.issn2320-1770
dc.identifier.issn2320-1789
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/207493
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherMedip Academyen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber3en_US
dc.relation.volume9en_US
dc.source.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2320-1770.ijrcog20200869en_US
dc.subjectAntenatalen_US
dc.subjectGastrointestinal symptomsen_US
dc.subjectPregnant womenen_US
dc.titleGastrointestinal symptoms in pregnancy among antenatal clinic attendees in Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital Bauchi, Northeast Nigeriaen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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