Anxiety during the pregnancy and affecting factors: a cross-sectional study

Purpose Studies have shown that anxiety in the perinatal period leads to preterm birth and negatively affects mother and fetus. Understanding prenatal anxiety and associated factors may help develop screening strategies to identify high-risk women needing intervention during pregnancy. The aim of th...

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Published in:Archives of gynecology and obstetrics 2023-01, Vol.307 (1), p.301-309
Main Authors: Yeşilçınar, İlknur, Acavut, Gamze, Güvenç, Gülten
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anxiety
Anxiety - diagnosis
Anxiety - epidemiology
Anxiety Disorders
Cross-Sectional Studies
Data collection
Emotional disorders
Endocrinology
Ethics
Female
Fetuses
Gynecology
Human Genetics
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Maternal Age
Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mood disorders
Obstetrics
Obstetrics/Perinatology/Midwifery
Parturition
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications
Premature Birth
Questionnaires
Sociodemographics
Womens health
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Summary:Purpose Studies have shown that anxiety in the perinatal period leads to preterm birth and negatively affects mother and fetus. Understanding prenatal anxiety and associated factors may help develop screening strategies to identify high-risk women needing intervention during pregnancy. The aim of this study is to determine the pregnancy-related, state, and trait anxiety in the prenatal period and affecting factors. Methods This descriptive study was conducted with 203 pregnant women between May 20 and November 30, 2019. Data were collected using socio-demographic and obstetrics characteristics data collection form, Pregnancy-Related Anxiety Questionnaire-Revised-2 (PRAQ-R2), and State–Trait Anxiety Inventory-I and II (STAI-I and STAI-II). Results We found statistically significant correlations between age, employment, and parity with fear of giving birth subscale of PRAQ-R2. Pregnant women’s mean scale scores were 35.42 ± 9.11 for STAI-I, 42.21 ± 8.21 for STAI-II, and 25.63 ± 8.58 for PRAQ-R2. We found a positive correlation between PRAQ-R2 scale scores and STAI-I, STAI-II scale scores of pregnant women. Conclusions Age, parity, income, planning status of the pregnancy, and employment status affected the anxiety levels of pregnant women. Assessing the anxiety with multiple validated tools helps clarify the cause of the anxiety and allows to plan appropriate interventions.
ISSN:1432-0711
0932-0067
1432-0711
DOI:10.1007/s00404-022-06590-5