Influence of osteopathic correction on the psychoemotional state and quality of life of pregnant women with concomitant pathology of the urinary system
Authors: Nenashkina E. N. 
Published: June 2020

Introduction. The presence of somatic diseases during pregnancy leaves a serious imprint on the emotional state of a woman, significantly worsens the quality life indicators and affects the clinical characteristics of pregnancy. One of these diseases is chronic pyelonephritis. There are a fairly large number of recommendations for the treatment of this pathology. However the focus is mainly on drug therapy. At the same time the existing restrictions on the number of drugs using during pregnancy, the problem of polypragmasia, and the increase in the number of allergic complications of drugs using dictate the need to search alternative methods of treatment, primarily non-drug ones. Moreover, the problems of pregnant women life quality with chronic pyelonephritis during complex drug therapy are often not given due attention.

The goal of research — to assess the impact of osteopathic correction on the psycho-emotional state and life quality of pregnant women with concomitant pathology of the urinary system.

Materials and methods. A prospective controlled randomized study was conducted in the period 03.2016– 01.2018 on the basis of medical clinics of LLC «Mokhov Institute of osteopathy» and LLC «Vasileostrovskaya clinic of reproduction and genetics». There were observed work 48 pregnant women with chronic pyelonephritis aged 25–45 years, with a gestation period 13–27 weeks. During the processing of the clinical material, 8 patients were eliminated. As a result of the selection process, a group of 40 people was formed. All pregnant women with chronic kidney disease, depending on the used treatment method, were divided into two groups using a simple randomization method with a random number generator. There was formed the main group (20 people), and the control group (20 people). Patients of the main group received medication and osteopathic correction (3 procedures with an interval of 7–10 days). Patients in the control group received only traditional drug therapy. All pregnant women with chronic pyelonephritis had an osteopathic examination before and after treatment with forming an osteopathic conclusion, and the assessment of the pain syndrome severity by a visual analog scale (VAS), the general psycho-emotional state (the method of rapid assessment of health, activity and mood — HAM), and the level of life quality (Questionnaire Medical Outcomes Study — Short Form).

Results. Pregnant women with chronic pyelonephritis were characterized by a weak pain syndrome, a psychoemotional state violations in the categories «well-being» and «activity», and a decrease in both the physical and mental components of life quality. After the complex treatment including the additional to traditional drug therapy osteopathic correction methods, the statistically significant decrease of the pain severity degree (p=0,001), increase of psychoemotional state rates in the category of «activity» (p=0,05) and the increase of physical and mental components of life quality (p=0,02) were observed in the main group compared with the control.

Conclusion. Chronic pathology of the kidneys during pregnancy affects the emotional state of a woman, significantly worsens life quality indicators. The use of osteopathic correction as a part of the complex therapy of pregnant women with chronic pyelonephritis can improve the emotional state and life quality; reduce the pain severity, and so can be used to improve medical care for this population category.