title: Chocolate or orange juice for non-reactive non-stress test (NST) patterns: a randomized prospective controlled study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of the study was to compare bitter chocolate and orange juice with the control group for non-reactive non-stress test (NST) patterns and for maternal perception of fetal movements.
  
  
  METHODS
  Pregnant women who were followed-up on an outpatient basis and admitted for a NST and had a non-reactive result were randomized prospectively into bitter chocolate, orange juice and control groups. 180 patients were evaluable for the final analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Although there was a trend for orange juice group for having higher percentages of reactive NST patterns on control, there was no statistically significant difference between three groups (p = 0.159). Besides this, maternal perception of increased fetal movements was similar between groups (p = 0.755). The control group had lower post-test capillary blood glucose concentrations when compared with chocolate and orange juice groups (p = 0.01) and after post-hoc tests, this difference was found to be between orange juice and control groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although orange juice resulted in higher blood glucose levels, this was not synonymous with better NST results on control; in such a way that bitter chocolate, orange juice and no intervention had similar effects on non-reactive NST patterns and also on maternal perception of fetal movements.
authors: Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Dr Sami Ulus Maternity and Children Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. sertacesin@gmail.com
authors: Sertac
authors: S
authors: Esin
authors: Eralp
authors: E
authors: Baser
authors: Caner
authors: C
authors: Cakir
authors: Gul Nihal
authors: GN
authors: Ustun Tuncal
authors: Tuncay
authors: T
authors: Kucukozkan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001628:Beverages; D002099:Cacao; D032084:Citrus sinensis; D005260:Female; D005323:Fetal Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D005324:Fetal Movement; D005865:Gestational Age; D006340:Heart Rate, Fetal; D006801:Humans; D033261:Maternal-Fetal Relations / Q000523:psychology; D010465:Perception; D011247:Pregnancy; D055815:Young Adult