1. To identify associations or an absence of associations between complaints and impaired daily functioning.2. To get an insight in events in pregnancy related to persistant complaints and impairments in daily functioning after pregnancy.
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Brief title
Condition
- Maternal complications of pregnancy
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Intervention
Outcome measures
Primary outcome
Physical and mental symptoms or complaints and limitations in daily functioning
are dependent study parameters. Events in or results from (complicated)
pregnancy are in this study independent study parameters. The level of
limitation is the main outcome of this study.
Secondary outcome
Personality characteristics and character are parameters that can effect the
main outcome.
Background summary
Hypertensive complications during pregnancy (preeclampsia, eclampsia and the
HELLP syndrome) are important causes of maternal and perinatal morbidity and
mortality. In the academic hospital in Maastricht research is done to find
relations between endothelial function, vesselcompliance, defence mechanisms
and maternal tendency on one hand and the origin of hypertensive complications
in pregnancy on the other hand. Recently some space has been created within
this approach to complete medical service with more attention for mental and
social consequences of hypertensively complicated pregnancies and for
counseling of behaviour that increases risk conditions. In normal practice
persisting symptoms are sometimes associated with limitations in daily
functioning. To offer effective care it's important to choose the best
interventions, to be able to anticipate on potential limitations based on
symptoms and to consult correctly. This descriptive study is also meant to
rubricate and quantify physical and mental symptoms, assuming a causality
between these symptoms and limitations in daily functioning.
Hypothetically this means that women develop symptoms after a severe
hypertensively complicated pregnancy wich seriously undermine functions within
family, household, work and hobbies. The following question is presented:
1. Are there associations in persistant complaints and impaired daily
functioning in women after an hypertensive complicated pregnancy
Study objective
1. To identify associations or an absence of associations between complaints
and impaired daily functioning.
2. To get an insight in events in pregnancy related to persistant complaints
and impairments in daily functioning after pregnancy.
Study design
The study uses a quantitative design. Within the cohorts, the studygroup is
compared with two control groups. A questionnaire is being sent to the selected
respondents. During analysis confounders are being corrected.
Study burden and risks
Questionnaires are being sent to the respondents home adress. To fill in the
questionairre takes about approximatily 15 minutes. The content of the
questionnaire can be confronting or in some ways an emotional load, although
earlier researchers experienced a that respondents felt good in filling in
their emotions. The questionnaire measures complaints, symptoms and impairments
in functioning. Respondents return the questionnaire anonymously.
P. Debyelaan
6202 AZ Maastricht
Nederland
P. Debyelaan
6202 AZ Maastricht
Nederland
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Age
Inclusion criteria
Study group: para 1, after going trough a hypertensively complicated pregnancy; delivery has taken place maximally one year before the study; maximum duration of pregnancy: 32 weeks
Control group: para 1, after going trough an uncomplicated pregnancy; delivery has taken place maximally one year before the study; minimal duration of pregnancy: 38 weeks.
Exclusion criteria
Studygroup: mental, physical and social symptoms before the complicated pregnancy; current pregnancy.
Control group: mental, physical and social symptoms before the complicated pregnancy; current pregnancy; postnatal hospitalization of mother and child or postnatal mortality.
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Recruitment
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In other registers
| Register | ID |
|---|---|
| CCMO | NL20332.068.07 |