Effect of compression on nausea and vomiting in early pregnancy

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00009679

Enrollment

Registered

2016-01-14

Start date

2013-11-04

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

O21.0

Interventions

Group 1: Arm 1 (compression first): Patients complete the initial questionnaire in the practice, receive medical compression stockings and wear them during 2 weeks keeping daily record about their con

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: • Age over 18 years • Pregnancy between 8th and 16th week at start of investigation • Nausea and vomiting in early pregnancy. • Leg circumferences not needing custom made stockings. • Patient willing to participate

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: • Hyperemesis gravidarum, needing hospitalization • No nausea or vomiting • General diseases • Participation in another study • venous illness making the compression therapy necessary • Already regularly wearing compression • Legs with unnormal circumferences making custom made stockings necessary. • No informed patient consent

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Effect of the compression stocking on the nausea and vomiting in early pregnancy, measured with PUQE daily and NVPQoL at the start, at the cross over and at the end of the study.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Effect of compression stockings on the general QoL (CIVIQ) and on the dizziness in early pregnancy.	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactErika Mendoza

Venenpraxis Wunstorf

info@venenpraxis-wunstorf.de05031-912781

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026