Prevalence of psychological symptoms in low and high-risk pregnant women: A cross-sectional study
Background: Common psychological disorders during pregnancy can have obvious harmful effects on both mother and fetus. Objective: This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of psychological symptoms in low and high-risk pregnant women. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was...
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Background: Common psychological disorders during pregnancy can have obvious harmful effects on both mother and fetus.
Objective: This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of psychological symptoms in low and high-risk pregnant women.
Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 400 low-risk and high-risk pregnant women in Afzalipour hospital, Kerman, Iran from December 2017–2018. Participants were selected by census method, and the data collection tool was a 90-item questionnaire named Symptom Checklist-90.
Results: The mean age of pregnant women was 29.1 ± 6.8 yr. 7.6% had gestational diabetes mellitus, 5.9% had pregnancy hypertension, 6.6% had a history of in vitro fertilization, and 17.5% had a history of one miscarriage. 61.2 and 65.5% of high-risk women had depression and anxiety, respectively. A significant difference was observed between low-risk and high-risk women in terms of depression (p = 0.019), anxiety (p = 0.049), and aggression (p = 0.013), and the frequency of these variables was higher in high-risk women than in low-risk women.
Conclusion: According to age, education, and gestational period, the differences between 2 groups (low-risk and high-risk) were significant. Compared with low-risk women, high-risk pregnant women reported a higher prevalence of psychological symptoms in 10 factors. High-risk pregnant women had a significantly higher prevalence of somatization symptoms, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, depression symptoms, anxiety symptoms, hostility symptoms, and paranoid ideation than low-risk women. Therefore, educational programs during pregnancy for high-risk women can be useful.
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| spelling | doaj-art-535a2779b5004f2a9301248fd39acec12025-08-20T03:22:04ZengShahid Sadoughi University of Medical SciencesInternational Journal of Reproductive BioMedicine2476-41082476-37722025-05-0123410.18502/ijrm.v23i4.18781Prevalence of psychological symptoms in low and high-risk pregnant women: A cross-sectional studyMaryam Dalili0Ali Mehdizadeh1Maryam Nodinnejad2Fatemeh Karami Robati3Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, KermanKerman University of Medical Sciences, KermanKerman University of Medical Sciences, KermanClinical Research Development Unit, Afzalipour Hospital, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman Background: Common psychological disorders during pregnancy can have obvious harmful effects on both mother and fetus. Objective: This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of psychological symptoms in low and high-risk pregnant women. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 400 low-risk and high-risk pregnant women in Afzalipour hospital, Kerman, Iran from December 2017–2018. Participants were selected by census method, and the data collection tool was a 90-item questionnaire named Symptom Checklist-90. Results: The mean age of pregnant women was 29.1 ± 6.8 yr. 7.6% had gestational diabetes mellitus, 5.9% had pregnancy hypertension, 6.6% had a history of in vitro fertilization, and 17.5% had a history of one miscarriage. 61.2 and 65.5% of high-risk women had depression and anxiety, respectively. A significant difference was observed between low-risk and high-risk women in terms of depression (p = 0.019), anxiety (p = 0.049), and aggression (p = 0.013), and the frequency of these variables was higher in high-risk women than in low-risk women. Conclusion: According to age, education, and gestational period, the differences between 2 groups (low-risk and high-risk) were significant. Compared with low-risk women, high-risk pregnant women reported a higher prevalence of psychological symptoms in 10 factors. High-risk pregnant women had a significantly higher prevalence of somatization symptoms, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, depression symptoms, anxiety symptoms, hostility symptoms, and paranoid ideation than low-risk women. Therefore, educational programs during pregnancy for high-risk women can be useful. https://knepublishing.com/index.php/ijrm/article/view/18781Psychiatric disordersPregnant womenHigh-risk pregnancy |
| spellingShingle | Maryam Dalili Ali Mehdizadeh Maryam Nodinnejad Fatemeh Karami Robati Prevalence of psychological symptoms in low and high-risk pregnant women: A cross-sectional study International Journal of Reproductive BioMedicine Psychiatric disorders Pregnant women High-risk pregnancy |
| title | Prevalence of psychological symptoms in low and high-risk pregnant women: A cross-sectional study |
| title_full | Prevalence of psychological symptoms in low and high-risk pregnant women: A cross-sectional study |
| title_fullStr | Prevalence of psychological symptoms in low and high-risk pregnant women: A cross-sectional study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence of psychological symptoms in low and high-risk pregnant women: A cross-sectional study |
| title_short | Prevalence of psychological symptoms in low and high-risk pregnant women: A cross-sectional study |
| title_sort | prevalence of psychological symptoms in low and high risk pregnant women a cross sectional study |
| topic | Psychiatric disorders Pregnant women High-risk pregnancy |
| url | https://knepublishing.com/index.php/ijrm/article/view/18781 |
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