Relationship between health practices with attitudes towards pregnancy and motherhood and pregnancy symptoms in Iranian pregnant women: a cross-sectional study

ObjectivesPregnancy is a vulnerable period for women’s health, and health practices play an essential role in this period. This study aimed to determine the relationship between health practices with attitudes toward pregnancy and motherhood and pregnancy symptoms.DesignIt was a cross-sectional stud...

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Published in:BMJ open 2023-09, Vol.13 (9), p.e074048-e074048
Main Authors: Montazeri, Maryam, Shabani, Fatemeh, Rezaie, Ronya, Mirghafourvand, Mojgan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Attitudes
Childbirth & labor
Cross-sectional studies
Demographics
Exercise
Fetuses
Health behavior
Health facilities
Likert scale
Maternal & child health
Mental health
Nutrition research
Personal health
Physical fitness
Physiology
Pregnancy
Questionnaires
Reproductive Medicine
Sample size
Sociodemographics
Validity
Variance analysis
Womens health
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Summary:ObjectivesPregnancy is a vulnerable period for women’s health, and health practices play an essential role in this period. This study aimed to determine the relationship between health practices with attitudes toward pregnancy and motherhood and pregnancy symptoms.DesignIt was a cross-sectional study using cluster sampling conducted on 351 pregnant women in 2021–2022. Data were collected using questionnaires of socio-demographic characteristics, health practices in pregnancy (Health Practices Questionnaire-II), attitude towards motherhood and pregnancy (Prenatal Attitudes Towards motherhood and Pregnancy) and pregnancy symptoms (Pregnancy Symptoms Inventory). The general linear model (GLM), with the adjustment of socio-demographic characteristics, was used to determine the relationship of the health practices with attitudes towards motherhood and pregnancy and pregnancy symptoms.SettingHealth centres in Tabriz city, Iran.ParticipantsWomen were eligible if living in the Tabriz city, Iran, were pregnant and had a personal health record at the health centre.ResultsThe mean (SD) of the total health practices score was 117.9 (20.5) out of 34–170. The mean (SD) of the attitudes towards motherhood and pregnancy was 33.4 (4.5) out of 11–44. The mean (SD) of the pregnancy symptoms was 28.0 (12.1) out of 0–123. According to the Pearson correlation test, there was a significant direct correlation between health practices with attitudes towards motherhood and pregnancy (r=0.39; p
ISSN:2044-6055
2044-6055
DOI:10.1136/bmjopen-2023-074048