ABSTRACT
To analyze the impact of pelvic girdle pain on pregnant women's functionality, a cross-sectional study involving pregnant women, aged between 18 and 30 years, with a clinical diagnosis of pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain (PGPP) was performed. Clinical data were collected followed by the application of the Brazilian version of the Pelvic Girdle Questionnaire (PGQ-Brazil). One hundred and five pregnant women participated, of which 62.9% were multiparous. The most frequent diagnostic was the unilateral sacroiliac syndrome. About the onset of pain, 45.7% of them reported that pain occurred on movement and the activities that had greater limitation were sitting, standing, and walking for more than 60 minutes. The average pain according to the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) was 6.59 (SD 1.8), considered a moderate pain. Pregnant women with pelvic girdle syndrome had a mean of 54.86 (SD 22.39) for the total score of PGQ-Brazil; with unilateral sacroiliac syndrome, 31.11 (SD 17.37); and bilateral sacroiliac syndrome, 40.32 (SD 17.46). When the average pain was compared among the groups assessed by the VAS, the pelvic girdle syndrome had the highest average pain (7.67; SD 1.72), followed by bilateral sacroiliac syndrome (6.86; SD 1.95), and the unilateral sacroiliac syndrome (6.21; SD 1.72). By correlating the average VAS with the total score of PGQ-Brazil, there was a positive correlation (r=0.458, p=0.01), indicating that the greater the pain, the greater the level of disability of the pregnant woman. The findings suggest that PGPP may result in different levels of disability, which may directly affect the pregnant women's functionality.
Keywords:
Pregnancy; Activities of Daily Living; Pelvic Girdle Pain; Questionnaires
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