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Disrupted Body-Image And Pregnancy-Related Lumbopelvic Pain. A Preliminary Investigation, B Wand, R Elliott, A Sawyer, R Spence, D Beales, P O'Sullivan, A Smith, W Gibson
Disrupted Body-Image And Pregnancy-Related Lumbopelvic Pain. A Preliminary Investigation, B Wand, R Elliott, A Sawyer, R Spence, D Beales, P O'Sullivan, A Smith, W Gibson
Physiotherapy Papers and Journal Articles
Background: Recent investigations have suggested that disrupted body-image may contribute to the lumbopelvic pain experience. The changes in body shape and size associated with pregnancy suggest that pregnancy-related lumbopelvic pain might be a problem in which alterations in body-image are particularly relevant.
Objectives: To investigate if self-reported body-image is related to lumbopelvic pain status in women during pregnancy and explore the factors that might contribute to changes in body-image in women experiencing pregnancy-related lumbopelvic pain.
Design: Cross-sectional cohort study.
Method: Forty-two women in the third trimester of pregnancy were recruited regardless of clinical status. Pain intensity and disability were measured …
Antenatal Influenza And Pertussis Vaccine Uptake Among Aboriginal Mothers In Western Australia, Kennia Lotter, Annette K. Regan, Tyra Thomas, Paul V. Effler, Donna B. Mak
Antenatal Influenza And Pertussis Vaccine Uptake Among Aboriginal Mothers In Western Australia, Kennia Lotter, Annette K. Regan, Tyra Thomas, Paul V. Effler, Donna B. Mak
Medical Papers and Journal Articles
Background: Antenatal influenza and pertussis vaccination prevent serious disease in mothers and infants. Aboriginal individuals are at increased risk of infection yet little is known about vaccine coverage among Aboriginal mothers.
Aims: To estimate the uptake of influenza and pertussis vaccination among pregnant Aboriginal women in Western Australia and identify barriers and enablers to vaccination.
Materials and methods: Four hundred Aboriginal women, aged ≥18 years, who gave birth to a live infant between April and October 2015, were randomly selected and invited to participate in telephone interviews. Of the 387 women who did not decline, 178 had a functioning phone …
Beneficial Effects On Pregnancy Outcomes Of Thyroid Hormone Replacement For Subclinical Hypothyroidism, N. Blumenthal, C. Eastman
Beneficial Effects On Pregnancy Outcomes Of Thyroid Hormone Replacement For Subclinical Hypothyroidism, N. Blumenthal, C. Eastman
Medical Papers and Journal Articles
Hypothyroidismand raised thyroid antibody levels have been associated with adverse obstetrical outcomes. Several studies have investigated causal associations, but results have been inconsistent and fewstudies have reported the effects of thyroxine replacement therapy on pregnancy outcomes in hypothyroid patients. Objective.The primary study objective was to determine the outcome of pregnancies in women diagnosed with overt and subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH) (serum TSH > 2.5mIU/L) and those with elevated circulating thyroid autoantibody levels in the first trimester of pregnancy and after the institution of appropriate thyroxine replacement therapy to maintain the serum TSH ≤ 2.5mIU/L. Study Design. This prospective observational study was undertaken …