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School of Nursing & Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin: 8 th Annual Interdisciplinary Research Conference
Transforming Healthcare Through Research, Education & Technology: 7 th – 9 th November 2007
Conference Proceedings
The Impact of Time upon the Severity and Distress Scores of Group
II Symptoms
One-way ANOVA shows statistically significant differences in the
increase of severity and distress scores for all this group of physical
symptoms over the 1 st and 3 rd trimesters of pregnancy (Tables 19,
20). However, in the postpartum period the severity and distress
scores for the majority of physical symptoms reveals a significant
decrease with the exception of “tiredness” which continued to
increase. There is a significant increase in severity and distress of
scores of psychological symptoms (Tables 21, 22) during the 1 st and
3 rd trimesters of pregnancy. Only one symptom “mood swings”
severity shows no statistically significant difference over time here.
By contrast in the control group one-way ANOVA of the severity and
distress scores for both physical (Tables 23, 24) and psychological
symptoms (Tables 25, 26) show no statistically significant
differences over 3 and 6- monthly time periods.
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