Email this article The assessment of anxiety in pregnant women in respect of biological, medical and socio-environmental factors
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Material and methods: The material for this prospective longitudinal study consisted of 181 pregnant residents of Szczecin. Each woman was examined three times during pregnancy, once in each trimester. The research instruments were: a questionnaire of the author’s own design and a standardized instrument – Spielberger’s State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI).
Conclusions: 1. Anxiety level in the course of pregnancy is lowest in the second trimester. 2. In those women who during pregnancy complained of discomfort or worsened mood, and in those who experienced problems with sleeping, higher intensity of anxiety is noted throughout the whole period of pregnancy. 3. Such factors as unintended pregnancy, lack of family support, and disapproval of pregnancy by a partner or the community are associated with suffering from aggravated anxiety in each trimester of pregnancy. 4. Women who have a negative judgement of their housing situation and financial standing are at risk of high levels of anxiety throughout the whole pregnancy. 5. Perinatal education is connected with significantly lesser occurrence of anxiety in each trimester of pregnancy. 6. Failure to have a preventive medical examination prior to pregnancy (woman, man) is related to experiencing significantly higher level of anxiety in the first and third trimesters of pregnancy.
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