[Comparing the incidence and intensity of constipation in pregnant house wives and workers who refered to health centers in boujnord in 2001]

ABSTRACT

Constipation occurs in 11- 40 pregnant women and has side effects like hemorrhoid, fissure, depression and anorexia. Because of the believe in movement and hyper activity with decreasing effect, in pregnant employed women and tension of the job with increasing effect in contrast with housewives and also lack of research in this field, this research is accomplished by the objective of comparing the occurrence and intensity of constipation in pregnant housewives and employed women. This analytic, profile sectional research was done on 150 pregnant employed women and 310 pregnant housewives that each group is in three different sections, in first, second and third trisemester of pregnancy and has become constipated for at least 2 weeks and with no diseases, no medical therapy, and no suitable condition for constipation in the winter of 2000. Sampling was done by multi-stages method and data was gathered by utilizing interview form and measuring the rate of constipation by researcher for both of two groups in the health care center and gynecologist offices. Data was analyzed by using of descriptive and analytical statistics by X2 test, on way analysis of variance, log-linear and co-variance analysis by% 95 coefficients, and utilizing SPSS software Rate of occurrence in employed women was 32.6 percent and in housewives%20.9, so there was a significant difference between two groups [p= 0.009], the constipation occurrence mean in employed women group was 15.9 + 6.6 and in housewives 12.23 + 4.14 then, there were significant differences between two groups as well [p= 0.01]. Also chance of constipation occurrence in pregnant employed women was doubled in contrast with housewives [raods Ratio = 2]. Job should be considered as "risk factor" in pregnancy constipation. So researchers propose doing similar researches by provident method prospective and study of manner of job -effect on this process