Health-related quality of life in pregnancy with uterine fibroid: a cross-sectional study in China

Ming, Wai‐Kit; Wu, Hui; Wu, Yanxin; Chen, Hanqing; Meng, Ting; Shen, Yanchang; Wang, Ziyu; Huang, Xinyu; Sun, Weiwei; Chow, T.S.; Wang, Yuan; Ding, Wenjiang; Chen, Haitian; Li, Zhuyu; Wang, Zilian

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“…In addition to this, factors that may affect QoL have also been studied. It was appropriate to use a generalised questionnaire to determine the subject's health-related quality of life (HRQoL) values [33][34][35][36], given that most pregnant women do not have a fatal illness [37]. As one of the most common means for assessing the overall health of the body, EQ-5D is a powerful generic tool, particularly in regards to evaluating symptoms of pain and anxiety/depression [38].…”

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The impact of lower urinary tract symptoms on the quality of life during pregnancy: a cross-sectional study from Palestine

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Background Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) are prevalent among pregnant women. Several articles show the impact of LUTS on pregnant women’s quality of life (QoL). This study was designed to examine the impact of non-pathological LUTS on QoL among pregnant Palestinian women. Methods A cross-sectional, hospital-based study was conducted on women who were pregnant and receiving regular antenatal care at the obstetrics and gynecology clinic in Rafidia Hospital, Palestine. This self-administered questionnaire included the Urinary Distress Inventory – short-form (UDI-6), the Incontinence Impact Questionnaire – short-form (IIQ-7), the European Quality of Life scale – 5 dimensions (EQ-5D), and the European Quality of Life – visual analogue scale (EQ-VAS). A convenience sampling method was used. In addition to this, multiple linear regression analyses were performed aiming to identify variables that have a significant relationship with QoL (i.e. socio-demographic variables, UDI-6 score, and IIQ-7 score). Results This study included a total of 306 pregnant women. Participants had a mean age of 26.9 years (SD, 3.6). The subjects scored an average of 31.2 ± 19.2 out of 100 points for the UDI-6 scale and an average of 31.9 ± 24.9 out of 100 points for the IIQ-7 scale. On the other hand, the subjects’ average EQ-5D and EQ-VAS scores were 0.76 ± 0.17 and 67.96 ± 19.28 respectively. The subjects’ responses on UDI-6 significantly correlated with their responses on both the EQ-5D and EQ-VAS scales (r = − 0.338, p < 0.001 and r = − 0.206, p < 0.001, respectively). Likewise, their responses on IIQ-7 also significantly correlated with their responses on both the EQ-5D and EQ-VAS scales (r = − 0.389, p < 0.001 and r = − 0.329, p < 0.001, respectively). Regression analysis found that the UDI-6 score (p = 0.001) and IIQ-7 score (p < 0.001), were significantly and negatively associated with EQ-5D index scores. Conclusions Our study shows a remarkable correlation between LUTS and QoL among pregnant women. Further longitudinal studies are required to assess the status of LUTS in the pre-pregnancy stage to ascertain a more accurate assessment of LUTS or LUTS related intervention and its impact on QoL during pregnancy.

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The impact of lower urinary tract symptoms on the quality of life during pregnancy: a cross-sectional study from Palestine

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“…Compared to the research findings of other previous studies, we found that pregnant women exposed to FHS and SHS have a similar, and sometimes even much lower HRQoL than those suffered from physiological diseases, such as gestational diabetes mellitus and uterine fibroid. [29,50] Although electronic cigarettes has been considered as a safer way than smoking tobacco among people recent years, [51] recent studies have stated that e-cigarette products still can cause varying degree of lung damage and chronic respiratory symptoms and both DNA strand breaks and cell death; [52][53][54] Thus, the…”

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“…Through the EQ-5D indicator value calculator, the values of different levels for each question are arranged and can be calculated as a single EQ-5Dindicator value (such as 12121) to generate the final HRQoL value. In this manner, 1 indicating the best health state while 0 represents death [28,29,31]. Range of EQ-index value is in the interval of -0.224 to 0, and these negative values represent their overall health states (both physical and mental state) are worse than death [31].…”

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Maternal Tobacco Exposure and Health-Related Quality of Life during Pregnancy: A National-based Study of 15682 Pregnant Women in China

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Huang²,

Wu³

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Background With the increase of the number of smokers, tobacco exposure among pregnant women is becoming more and more common. Though that pregnant women exposed to first-hand smoke and second-hand smoke are susceptible to physiological and psychological health issues has been proved in previous studies, there are no enough studies focus on the impact of third-hand smoke. This study aimed to assess and compare health-related quality of life for pregnant women with exposure to first-hand smoke, second-hand smoke, third-hand smoke and non-exposure to tobacco in mainland China. Methods National-based cross-sectional study is based on a questionnaire survey which collects information including demographics, smoking behaviors and self-evaluation. All questionnaires were delivered and collected from August to September 2019. EuroQol group’s visual analog scale and EuroQoL Five-dimension Questionnaire were used to collect data in mainland China. Results Totally, 15682 pregnant women were included in this study, among which non-exposure to smoke were 7564 (48.2%), exposed to first-hand smoke, second-hand smoke and third-hand smoke were 89 (0.6%), 2349 (15.0%), and 5680 (36.2%) respectively. Pregnant women without tobacco exposure had the highest EuroQol group’s visual analog scale score (mean value=85.4[SD=14.0]), while those with first-hand smoke had the lowest score (mean value=77.4[SD=22.2]). Among all five dimensions of EuroQoL Five-dimension Questionnaire, there were significant differences of EQ-index among groups with different tobacco exposure in usual activity and anxiety or depression dimensions (p<0.001). Conclusions Third-hand smoke exposure had close relationship with low health-related quality of life in pregnant women. Moreover, second-hand smoke exposure significantly led more problems on mental dimension of pregnant women.

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“…EQ-5D-5L consists of the EuroQoL Fivedimension Questionnaire (EQ-5D) and EuroQol group's visual analog scale (EQ-VAS), which is an instrumental questionnaire developed in Europe was used to evaluate the general HRQoL of the people [27,28]. Previous study has proved that EQ-5D-5L can effectively measure health-related quality of life in pregnant women in the population [29]. The Chinese version of the EQ-5D-5L has been proved to be valid and effective that is commonly used to measure HRQoL [30][31][32].…”

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Maternal tobacco exposure and health-related quality of life during pregnancy: a national-based study of pregnant women in China

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Huang

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Background With the increase of the number of smokers, tobacco exposure among pregnant women is becoming more and more common. Pregnant women exposed to first-hand smoke and second-hand smoke are susceptible to physiological and psychological health issues has been proved in previous studies. Nevertheless, there are no enough studies focus on the impact of third-hand smoke during pregnancy. This study aimed to assess and compare health-related quality of life for pregnant women with exposure to first-hand smoke, second-hand smoke, third-hand smoke and non-exposure to tobacco in mainland China. Methods National-based cross-sectional study is based on a questionnaire survey which collects information including demographics, smoking behaviors and self-evaluation. All questionnaires were delivered and collected from August to September 2019. EuroQol group’s visual analog scale and EuroQoL Five-dimension Questionnaire were used to collect data in mainland China. Results Totally, 15,682 pregnant women were included in this study, among which non-exposure to smoke were 7564 (48.2%), exposed to first-hand smoke, second-hand smoke and third-hand smoke were 89 (0.6%), 2349 (15.0%), and 5680 (36.2%) respectively. Pregnant women without tobacco exposure had the highest EuroQol group’s visual analog scale score (mean value = 85.4[SD = 14.0]), while those with first-hand smoke had the lowest score (mean value = 77.4[SD = 22.2]). Among all five dimensions of EuroQoL Five-dimension Questionnaire, there were significant differences of EQ-index among groups with different tobacco exposure in usual activity and anxiety or depression dimensions (p < 0.001). Conclusions Third-hand smoke exposure had close relationship with low health-related quality of life in pregnant women. Moreover, second-hand smoke exposure significantly led more problems on mental dimension of pregnant women.

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Health-related quality of life in pregnancy with uterine fibroid: a cross-sectional study in China

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The impact of lower urinary tract symptoms on the quality of life during pregnancy: a cross-sectional study from Palestine

The impact of lower urinary tract symptoms on the quality of life during pregnancy: a cross-sectional study from Palestine

Maternal Tobacco Exposure and Health-Related Quality of Life during Pregnancy: A National-based Study of 15682 Pregnant Women in China

Maternal tobacco exposure and health-related quality of life during pregnancy: a national-based study of pregnant women in China

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