| Factors affecting maternal perception of fetal movement. | |
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PMID: 19545457 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Maternal perception of fetal movement is an important screening method for fetal well-being, as decreased fetal movement is associated with a range of pregnancy pathologies and poor pregnancy outcomes. An understanding of factors that may affect perception could help clinicians to determine the importance of maternal reports of decreased fetal movement. This review considers factors that may affect maternal perception of fetal movement and the sensitivity of maternal perception of fetal movements in comparison with ultrasound and other objective methods of movement detection. There is conflicting evidence on whether parity, gestational age, overweight and obesity, and placental location affect perception. This may be related to the small sample sizes of available studies and lack of consistent definitions of factors that may affect the ability of mothers to perceive movement. There is some evidence that psychological factors and duration of fetal movement may affect perception, and that strong movements and those including trunk movement are more likely to be perceived. The proportion of fetal breathing movements that mothers perceive has not been investigated. Research is also lacking as to whether there needs to be contact of fetal part(s) with maternal structures for movement to be perceived, and whether fetal position, amniotic fluid volume, maternal position, sedatives, or other drugs affect movement perception. |
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Authors:
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Zina Rashed Hijazi; Christine Elizabeth East |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Review |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Obstetrical & gynecological survey Volume: 64 ISSN: 1533-9866 ISO Abbreviation: Obstet Gynecol Surv Publication Date: 2009 Jul |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2009-06-23 Completed Date: 2009-09-29 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0401007 Medline TA: Obstet Gynecol Surv Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 489-97; quiz 499 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pregnancy Research Centre, Department of Perinatal Medicine, Royal Women's Hospital, the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. |
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Female Fetal Distress / diagnosis* Fetal Movement / physiology* Humans Perception* Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications / diagnosis* Reproducibility of Results Sensation |
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