title: Health-related quality of life of pregnant women with heartburn and regurgitation.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Heartburn and regurgitation frequently occur in the third trimester of pregnancy, but their impact on quality of life has not been thoroughly investigated.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To measure health-related quality of life of third-trimester pregnant women with heartburn and regurgitation. Methods Data on obstetric history, heartburn and regurgitation frequency and intensity, history of heartburn and regurgitation and health-related quality of life were collected of 82 third-trimester pregnant women.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Sixty-two (76%) women had heartburn, and 58 (71%), regurgitation; 20 were asymptomatic. Mean gestational age was 33.8±3.7 weeks; 35 (43%) women had a family history of heartburn and/or regurgitation, and 57 (70%) were asymptomatic before pregnancy. The following quality of life concepts were significantly reduced: physical problems and social functioning for heartburn; physical problems and emotional functioning for regurgitation. There was agreement between heartburn in present and previous pregnancies.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Heartburn and/or regurgitation affected health-related quality of life of third trimester pregnant women.
authors.affiliation: Post Graduate Program - Ciências em Gastroenterologia e Hepatologia, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.
authors.forename: Valesca
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Dall'alba
authors.affiliation: Department of Statistics and Genetics, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.
authors.forename: Sidia Maria
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Callegari-Jacques
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.
authors.forename: Cláudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Krahe
authors.affiliation: Post Graduate Program - Ciências em Gastroenterologia e Hepatologia, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.
authors.forename: Juliana Paula
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Bruch
authors.affiliation: Post Graduate Program - Ciências em Gastroenterologia e Hepatologia, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.
authors.forename: Bruna Cherubini
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Alves
authors.affiliation: Post Graduate Program - Ciências em Gastroenterologia e Hepatologia, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.
authors.forename: Sérgio Gabriel Silva de
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Barros
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005764:Gastroesophageal Reflux / Q000523:psychology*; D006356:Heartburn / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000523:psychology*; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third / Q000523:psychology*; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index