Healthcare practitioner utilisation for back pain, neck pain and/or pelvic pain during pregnancy: an analysis of 1835 pregnant women in Australia
| العنوان: | Healthcare practitioner utilisation for back pain, neck pain and/or pelvic pain during pregnancy: an analysis of 1835 pregnant women in Australia |
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| المؤلفون: | David Sibbritt, Jon Adams, Suzy Ladanyi |
| المصدر: | International Journal of Clinical Practice. 70:825-831 |
| بيانات النشر: | Hindawi Limited, 2016. |
| سنة النشر: | 2016 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Complementary Therapies, Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Nurse Midwives, Health Status, Health Personnel, General Practice, Prenatal care, Pelvic Pain, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Pregnancy, Health care, Back pain, Humans, Medicine, 030212 general & internal medicine, General Clinical Medicine, Neck pain, Neck Pain, 030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine, Massage, business.industry, Pelvic pain, Australia, Prenatal Care, General Medicine, Patient Acceptance of Health Care, medicine.disease, Low back pain, 3. Good health, Pregnancy Complications, 1103 Clinical Sciences, 1117 Public Health and Health Services, 1701 Psychology, Physical therapy, Female, medicine.symptom, business, Low Back Pain |
| الوصف: | SummaryAims Back, neck and/or pelvic pain are common symptoms experienced by pregnant women. Although pregnant women are known to use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) frequently, no research to date has provided in-depth examination of healthcare practitioner utilisation of pregnant women who experience back, neck and/or pelvic pain. Methods A sub-study of 1835 pregnant women from the nationally representative Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health (ALSWH). Demographics, health status and healthcare utilisation measures were analysed for symptoms of back, neck and/or pelvic pain during pregnancy, using regression models. Results During their pregnancy, 39.5% women experienced back pain, 12.4% experienced neck pain and 16.3% women experienced pelvic pain. Pregnant women were more likely to consult a massage therapist for their back pain (32.3%) and neck pain (39.9%), and another alternative practitioner (27.3%) or obstetrician (22.1%) for pelvic pain, while some women did not seek treatment ( |
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| حقوق: | OPEN |
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