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Resident obstetricians’ awareness of the oral health component in management of nausea and vomiting in pregnancy

BACKGROUND: Nausea and vomiting are common in early pregnancy in 50-90% of pregnant women and resolves in all but 10% of these women. Many obstetricians encounter this problem and should be familiar with the probable outcomes, current treatment options and oral health component of its management. Th...

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Autores principales: Enabulele, Joan, Ibhawoh, Louis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4246477/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25421787
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-014-0388-9
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description BACKGROUND: Nausea and vomiting are common in early pregnancy in 50-90% of pregnant women and resolves in all but 10% of these women. Many obstetricians encounter this problem and should be familiar with the probable outcomes, current treatment options and oral health component of its management. This study assessed the awareness of obstetrics residents of the oral health component of management of nausea and vomiting in pregnancy. METHODS: This study was carried out among resident doctors in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Nigeria. A pre-tested, self-administered questionnaire was used for the data collection. The data collected were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 17.0. Non parametric analysis in the form of chi square was carried out to test for statistical significance with P value <0.05 considered statistically significant. RESULTS: A total of 200 questionnaires were administered while 186 were filled and returned, giving a response rate of 93%, comprising 21.5% senior residents and 78.5% junior residents. Most of the respondents agreed that oral health is important in pregnancy. A majority (58%) also thought that oral health complaints in pregnancy were not normal. Fifty-seven percent of the respondents neither assessed teeth and gums of pregnant women for problems during ante-natal care nor educated them on care that would improve their oral health. Majority (95.7%) of the respondents assisted pregnant women with dealing with nausea and vomiting but were not aware of the oral health component of its management. CONCLUSION: Oral health component in the management of nausea and vomiting in pregnancy has been largely neglected in obstetric care. It is pertinent that ante-natal health care providers receive adequate education on perinatal oral health care.
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spelling pubmed-42464772014-11-29 Resident obstetricians’ awareness of the oral health component in management of nausea and vomiting in pregnancy Enabulele, Joan Ibhawoh, Louis BMC Pregnancy Childbirth Research Article BACKGROUND: Nausea and vomiting are common in early pregnancy in 50-90% of pregnant women and resolves in all but 10% of these women. Many obstetricians encounter this problem and should be familiar with the probable outcomes, current treatment options and oral health component of its management. This study assessed the awareness of obstetrics residents of the oral health component of management of nausea and vomiting in pregnancy. METHODS: This study was carried out among resident doctors in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Nigeria. A pre-tested, self-administered questionnaire was used for the data collection. The data collected were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 17.0. Non parametric analysis in the form of chi square was carried out to test for statistical significance with P value <0.05 considered statistically significant. RESULTS: A total of 200 questionnaires were administered while 186 were filled and returned, giving a response rate of 93%, comprising 21.5% senior residents and 78.5% junior residents. Most of the respondents agreed that oral health is important in pregnancy. A majority (58%) also thought that oral health complaints in pregnancy were not normal. Fifty-seven percent of the respondents neither assessed teeth and gums of pregnant women for problems during ante-natal care nor educated them on care that would improve their oral health. Majority (95.7%) of the respondents assisted pregnant women with dealing with nausea and vomiting but were not aware of the oral health component of its management. CONCLUSION: Oral health component in the management of nausea and vomiting in pregnancy has been largely neglected in obstetric care. It is pertinent that ante-natal health care providers receive adequate education on perinatal oral health care. BioMed Central 2014-11-25 /pmc/articles/PMC4246477/ /pubmed/25421787 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-014-0388-9 Text en © Enabulele and Ibhawoh; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2014 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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title_fullStr Resident obstetricians’ awareness of the oral health component in management of nausea and vomiting in pregnancy
title_full_unstemmed Resident obstetricians’ awareness of the oral health component in management of nausea and vomiting in pregnancy
title_short Resident obstetricians’ awareness of the oral health component in management of nausea and vomiting in pregnancy
title_sort resident obstetricians’ awareness of the oral health component in management of nausea and vomiting in pregnancy
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4246477/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25421787
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-014-0388-9
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