How women manage nausea and vomiting during pregnancy: a Jordanian study.
OBJECTIVE
to explore the strategies used by Jordanian women to manage nausea and vomiting during pregnancy.


METHODS
cross sectional descriptive study.


METHODS
the three regions of Jordan.


METHODS
235 women aged 18-54 years who had been pregnant.


RESULTS
there a number of strategies were used by Jordanian women in the sample for the alleviation of nausea and vomiting of pregnancy, varying from non-pharmacological strategies such as diet and lifestyle changes to the use of complementary alternative medicine and pharmacological treatments.


CONCLUSIONS
preparing women and their families to manage nausea and vomiting during pregnancy effectively is important; midwives should encourage women to seek help from care providers when they need it, and continue to assess nausea and vomiting and management strategies during the first weeks of pregnancy.
Khresheh
Reham
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Maternal and Child Health Department, Faculty of Nursing, Mutah University, PO Box 7, Jordan. reham1966@yahoo.com
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007597:Jordan; D008875:Middle Aged; D048968:Morning Sickness / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016387:Women's Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D055815:Young Adult