Symphysiopathy during pregnancy, assessment of risk factors

Abstract

Objective: to assess the significance of clinical and anamnestic characteristics of women as risk factors for the development of symphysiopathy during pregnancy. Materials and methods: a retrospective analysis of 26 birth histories of patients with a diagnosis of symphysiopathy/symphysitis delivered in the GUZ «Clinical Maternity Hospital No. 2» in Volgograd at 38–39 weeks of pregnancy from 2016 to 2020. All patients diagnosed symphysiopathy was made at the management of pregnancy in the antenatal clinic on the basis of complaints, the data of physical examination and by ultrasound. The data of all pregnant women were ordered, encoded and entered into tables in the program MS Excel. Statistical analysis was performed with the SPSS program for windows 16.0. Results: clinically, symphysiopathy was manifested by pain in the area of the pubic in 100% of cases. According to the medical cards, only two cases (7.7%) were treated with physical therapy. The conducted statistical analysis showed that such risk factors for the development of symphysiopathy as age, parity and body mass index (BMI) do not have statistical significance as possible factors affecting the course of symphysiopathy. A statistical analysis of the possible effect of weight gain on the width of the diastasis was carried out, according to which the compared groups have a statistical difference in the width of the diastasis (p=0.007). Conclusion: the study shows that there is no significance of such clinical and anamnestic factors as age, parity, BMI for the manifestation of symphysiopathy during pregnancy. In this study, the only statistically significant criterion affecting the course of symphysiopathy is increased overall weight gain during pregnancy.

Keywords

• diastasis of the pubic symphysis
• body mass index (bmi)
• parity
• weight gain during pregnancy