Impact of the quality of life related to foot health in a sample of pregnant women: A case control study.
Pregnancy women coincide with numerous anatomical and physiological changes, which are believed to have a harmful effect on the quality of life related to foot health. The goal of this research was to identify and compare the impact foot health and overall health in a sample of pregnancy women and women without pregnancies with normalised reference values.A sample of 159 participants of a mean age of 30.13 ± 6.28 came to the area of midwifery center where self-reported data were registered, informants' with a 1 or various pregnancy was determined and the scores obtained were compared in the foot health status questionnaire (FHSQ). This has 13 questions that assess 4 health domains of the feet, namely pain, function, general health, and footwear.The pregnant women group showed a worse quality of life related to health in general and to foot health specifically at the following domains, foot function, footwear, general foot, health, physical activity, social capacity, and vigor (P < 0.05) and there were no differences at foot pain and general health (P > 0.05).Pregnant women present a negative impact on the quality of life related to foot health, which appears to be associated with the pregnancy period.
Research, Health and Podiatry Unit, Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Nursing and Podiatry, Universidade da Coruña Faculty of Health Sciences. Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Physical Therapy & Health Sciences Research Group, European University of Madrid, Villaviciosa de Odón, Madrid Nursing and Physical Therapy Department, Institute of Biomedicine (IBIOMED), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of León, Ponferrada, León School of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Podiatry, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Daniel
D
López-López
Inés
I
Rodríguez-Vila
Marta Elena
ME
Losa-Iglesias
David
D
Rodríguez-Sanz
César
C
Calvo-Lobo
Carlos
C
Romero-Morales
Ricardo
R
Becerro-de-Bengoa-Vallejo
D016022:Case-Control Studies; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D011247:Pregnancy; D037841:Pregnant People / Q000523:psychology*; D011788:Quality of Life; D058992:Social Participation