جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه "pregnancy anxiety" در نشریات گروه "پزشکی"

pregnancy  can cause various psychological damage to women, such as anxiety. according to this the present study was conducted to offer a model of predicting quality of life according to mindfulness with the mediation of pregnancy anxiety in pregnant women.

The research method was descriptive-correlational and pathway analysis. The statistical population included pregnant women who referred to the hygiene centers and gynecologists offices in the city of Ahvaz in the autumn and winter of 2019. The statistical population included 400 pregnant women who were selected through available sampling method. The applied questionnaires included Quality of Life Questionnaire (Ware and Sherbourne, 1992) (QLQ), Pregnancy Anxiety Questionnaire (Vandenbergh, 1990) (PAQ) and Five Factor Mindfulness Questionnaire (Baer et al, 2008) (FFMQ). The data analysis was conducted through pathway analysis and Bootstrap test.

The results showed that mindfulness and pregnancy anxiety have significant relationship with quality of life (p<0.01). Moreover, mindfulness and pregnancy anxiety have significant direct effect on the quality of life (p<0.01). Furthermore, the results of Bootstap test showed that pregnancy anxiety has significant mediation role in the relationship of mindfulness with pregnant women’s quality of life (p<0.01). Finally, the model enjoyed an appropriate goodness of fit.

Considering the significant mediation role of pregnancy anxiety it is necessary for the clinical therapists to decrease pregnant women’s anxiety through applying efficient psychological therapy methods.

Anxiety is one of the psychological problems of pregnant mothers. That is a powerful factor in predicting negative outcomes during childbirth. Women with low self-efficacy in childbirth are afraid that they will not be able to cope well with the pain of childbirth. Therefore, self-efficacy can play an important role in choosing the type of delivery. On the other hand, misconceptions about childbirth and high levels of anxiety during pregnancy also increase the rate of elective cesarean section. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between self-efficacy and attitude toward delivery with pregnancy anxiety in primigravida women referred to selected health centers of Shahriar in 2018.

This was a cross-sectional study. Six health centers were identified for the present study. The sample included 265 first mothers. Demographic questionnaires, Louis' delivery self-efficacy, and Harman's attitude toward pregnancy and Wendenberg's anxiety were used for data collection.

The results showed that the expected self-efficacy had a significant and inverse correlation with anxiety and its dimensions. Attitude toward delivery had a significant and positive correlation with anxiety and its dimensions. There was a significant and inverse correlation between attitude and expected self-efficacy.

Educational interventions based on increasing self-efficacy and positive attitude toward vaginal delivery can be effective in reducing pregnancy anxiety.

There is a high incidence of distressing psychological symptoms, including anxiety in pregnancy. The present study aimed to determine the mediating role of the tolerance of ambiguity in the relationship between coping strategies and pregnancy anxiety.

This was a descriptive correlational study. The statistical population of the study consisted of pregnant women referring to the health centers of the Social Security Organization of Tehran Province, Iran, in the fourth quarter of 2017 and the first quarter of 2018. The sample size was calculated as 384, according to the Cramer formula. The study participants were selected by a multistage cluster sampling technique. The study tools included the Pregnancy-Related Anxiety Questionnaire (Van den Bergh, 1989), the Tolerance of Ambiguity Measure (Mc Lain, 2009), and Coping Styles Questionnaire (Folkman & Lazarus, 1980). To analyze the obtained data, structural equation modeling, and Maximum Likelihood Estimation (MLE) were applied in AMOS. The significance level was set at 0.05.

In this study, the total path coefficient between emotional-focused coping and pregnancy anxiety was positive and significant (p<0.001, β=0.311). Additionally, the total path coefficient between problem-focused coping and pregnancy anxiety was negative and significant (p =0.027, β=-0.149). The direct path coefficient between the tolerance of ambiguity and pregnancy anxiety was negative and significant (p<0.001, β=-0.261). The indirect path coefficient between problem-focused coping and pregnancy anxiety was negative and significant (p<0.001, β=-0.089).

The greater use of the problem-focused coping style in pregnant women reduced the level of ambiguity and concern about unpredictable future situations in them. Eventually, they experienced less anxiety.

Pregnancy especially the first pregnancy is a new and anxious situation that led to stress, depression and decrease quality of life. Therefore, present research aimed to determine the effect of cognitive rehabilitation group training on perceived stress, depression and quality of life among primigravid women with pregnancy anxiety.

This study was a quasi-experimental with pre-test and post-test design and with control group. Research population was primigravid women with pregnancy anxiety referring to health and care centers of Ahvaz city in the summer season of 2018 year. Totally 40 people were selected by available sampling method and randomly divided into two groups. The experimental group trained 10 sessions of 45 minutes by cognitive rehabilitation method and control group didn’t receive any training. Data collected by the questionnaires of perceived stress, depression and quality of life and analyzed by multivariate analysis of covariance method.

The results showed that groups have a significant difference in terms of perceived stress, depression and quality of life. Means, cognitive rehabilitation group training led to decrease perceived stress and depression and increase quality of life among primigravid women with pregnancy anxiety (P<0/001).

The results indicated the effect and importance of cognitive rehabilitation group training on perceived stress, depression and quality of life among primigravid women with pregnancy anxiety. Therefore, psychologists and counselors can use from cognitive rehabilitation group training method for decrease perceived stress and depression and increase quality of life.

Pregnancy anxiety, as well as meta-cognitive beliefs and pregnancy-related concerns, are the most common problems among pregnant women. These factors can have serious health consequences for the mother and the baby during pregnancy. Hence, the aim of this study is to determine the effectiveness of meta-cognitive therapy on pregnancy anxiety, meta-worry, and meta-cognitive beliefs, in pregnant women in Tabriz. In this quasi-experimental study, a two-group design with pre and post-training was used. The statistical population of this study was pregnant women referred to gynecology and obstetrics centers of Tabriz, which were screened using the Vandenberg Pregnancy Anxiety Scale. 40 pregnant women who obtained high scores on this scale were selected as a sample by the available sampling method and randomly assigned to two groups of 20 participants (experimental and control). For the experimental group, meta-cognitive therapy was performed in 10 sessions of 45-60 minutes in 3 months. Vandenberg Pregnancy Anxiety, Wells Meta-Cognition, and Meta-Worry Questionnaires were used as the evaluation tools in the pretest and post-test. Finally, the data were analyzed by SPSS software version 23 using covariance analysis. The results showed that there was a significant difference between the experimental and control groups (P <0.001). In other words, meta-cognitive therapy significantly reduced the women's Meta-Cognition, Meta-Worry, and Pregnancy Anxiety Scores and improved their health. Meta-cognitive therapy can be used as one of the most effective psychological interventions for the improvement of pregnancy anxiety, meta-worry, and meta-cognitive beliefs, in pregnant women.

Anxiety during pregnancy especially among primigravid women is one of the most common psychological problems during pregnancy, which may have negative consequences. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between social support, quality of life, and vitality with pregnancy anxiety among primigravid women. In this cross-sectional correlation study, 120 primigravid pregnant women referring to health-care centers of Ahvaz city were selected through convenience sampling method. Data were collected by using four questionnaires of social support, quality of life, vitality and pregnancy anxiety, and were analyzed by SPSS-19 by Pearson correlation tests and multiple regressions. The mean (SD) age of primigravid women was 24.9 (1.4). The mean (SD) score of social support, quality of life and vitality was 37.2 (6.9), 72.7 (13.6), and 28.3 (62) respectively. Anxiety during pregnancy decreased with increased social support, quality of life and vitality: P<0.01. The predictor variables including social support, quality of life and vitality could predict 31.2% of anxiety during pregnancy among primigravid women: P<0.01. Having social support, higher quality of life and vitality are effective in reducing the anxiety during pregnancy among primigravid women.

Pregnancy is a new and unique situation in which the pregnant women experience many physiological and psychological changes. The aim of the current research was to investigate on the effectiveness of spiritual intelligence training on psychological well-being, marital satisfaction and pregnancy anxiety in Shiraz.
This was a semi-experimental study conducted in a pretest-posttest design with a control group. The statistical population included all of primigravida women in Shiraz who attended the Antenatal Care Centers of Shiraz from August to October 2013. 42 persons (20 persons in experimental group and 22 persons in control group) were selected by convenience sampling. Before beginning the spiritual intelligence training program, Ryff’s Psychological Well-being Scales, Golombok-Rust Marital Satisfaction and Wendenburg Pregnancy Anxiety Questionnaires were distributed between them. Then, experimental group received 10 sessions of 90 minutes about spiritual intelligence training based on Tiri, Noklain and Ubani’s models, but the control group received no intervention. After conducting post-test on both groups, data were subjected to multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) design using software SPSS.
The results showed that receiving spiritual intelligence training causes a significant difference in decreasing pregnancy anxiety and increasing psychological well-being and marital satisfaction between the experimental and control group (P=0.001).
Spiritual intelligence is one of the most important components that can reduce negative emotions such as pregnancy anxiety and increase psychological well-being and marital satisfaction.

Pregnancy anxiety is a particular emotional state tied to pregnancy-specific concerns, such as worries about maternity and infant health. The aim of this study was confirmatory factor analysis of Pregnancy Related Anxiety Questionnaire (PRAQ) that was designed in Iranian pregnant women population.
This research was a descriptive analytic study After confirming the validity and content for psychometric of tool, 170 pregnant women in health centers of Kerman city were selected by convenience sampling and completed PRAQ questionnaire and Beck Anxiety Inventory. In this study, Confirmatory factor analysis and concurrent validity were used to evaluate the validity of models; and test-retest and coefficients Cronbach's alpha test were used in SPSS 19 and the AMOS software to evaluate reliability of models.
Confirmatory factor analysis gave an acceptable value for the latent (PRAQ) in the question scale and level 5 of micro-scale. Also, a significant correlation between the components and the overall scale of the PRAQ questionnaire with the Beck Anxiety Inventory confirmed concurrent validity of questionnaire. Reliability of questionnaire is confirmed based on Cronbach's alpha coefficient value of 0.78 that calculated 0.69 to 0.76 for the five factors. A month later, reliability coefficient amplitude of test-retest on 40 pregnant women was between 0.65 to 0.72 (P The short form of pregnancy anxiety questionnaire has the necessary psychometric properties. In this study, five factors extracted in the PRAQ were adapted with the factors extracted from the original version. It is recommended using this tool for diagnosis of anxiety and concerns of women during pregnancy.

Pregnancy anxiety in a common problem during pregnancy period that is associated with negative consequences. The current study was conducted in order to determine the role of health beliefs and health promoting behaviors in predicting pregnancy anxiety among pregnant women. This research was a descriptive- analytical and correlational study. Pregnant women referred to health centers of the Ardabil city for medical cares from the first to ninth month of pregnancy in the second half of 2014 were the population of this study. One hundred and ten women were randomly selected via clustering sampling method from this population; they were asked to fill in the questionnaires- demographic data, Pregnancy-Related Anxiety Questionnaire-Revised (PRAQ-R), health belief model questionnaire and Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile (HPLP). The data were analyzed by tests of Pearson correlation and multivariate regression. Pregnancy anxiety had negative relationship with perceived susceptibility (r = -0.41; p < 0.001), severity of perceived consequences (r= -0.56; p < 0.001), benefits of medical treatment (r= -0.35; p< 0.001), total score of health promoting lifestyle (r= -0.67; p < 0.001), its components, namely health responsibility (r= -0.54; p < 0.001), physical activity (r= -0.42; p < 0.001), nutrition (r= -0.42; p < 0.001), spiritual growth (r= -0.55; p < 0.001), interpersonal relationships (r= -0.57; p < 0.001), and stress management (r= -0.64; p < 0.001). Regression analyses also revealed that 44% of variance of pregnancy anxiety of women was explained by health beliefs and 50% of it was explained by health promoting lifestyle. Positive beliefs about health and health promoting lifestyle play role in reducing pregnancy anxiety. The results of this research propose the necessary of training health beliefs and health promoting life style during pregnancy period for improving psychological health and coping with pregnancy anxiety.

Prenatal maternal anxiety has adverse effects on the mother and fetus and child. Use of anxiety-reducing techniques for pregnant mothers plays an important role in decreasing maternal and child Psychological problems. Relaxation exercise could be improve pregnancy outcome in High Risk pregnancy and High Risk Delivery. This study aimed to determine the effect of relaxation training on anxiety in High risk mothers. The present study was done as a clinical trial on 150 High Risk Pregnant Women 32-35week (75 subjects as relaxation group،75 subjects as control group) referred to Health and Medical Center in Shahreza city. Data were collected using personal data form and Spielberger anxiety Inventory questionnaire. In addition to routine pregnancy care، four 90minute sessions of relaxation active Jacobsen training courses were held during 4weeks (once a week). The control group only received routine pregnancy care. Anxiety score before the intervention and at the end of the intervention were analyzed in all two groups. Data analysis was done using Ttest، tabs analysis. In this study، the mean anxiety scores were not significantly different in the two groups before the intervention، but there was significant differences in relaxation group after the intervention (pvalu<0/001). There was a decrease in the mean anxiety score in relaxation group after the intervention whereas there was a slightly increase in the control group. The results of this study indicated that relaxation training could reduce anxiety in Pregnant High Risk Women.

Backgrund: Pregnancy is associated with physical and psychological changes in pregnant women. Thus, we evaluate the effectiveness of stress management training with cognitive-behavioral approach on psychological aspects of primiparous women including state/trait anxiety, pregnancy anxiety and mental health.

This research is a quasi-experimental study with pre and posttest. The convenience sampling included 30 primigravidae who obtained a standard deviation above the mean in mental health questionnaire and who enjoyed the demographic standard of the research. They were randomly divided into two groups as experimental and control (n=15). The experimental group was provided with stress management training 2 hours per day on a weekly basis, but the control group only had usual pregnancy cares. Then, they were again assessed by the mentioned questionnaires. The collected data were evaluated by multivariate covariance and were analyzed using SPSS software.

The findings indicated that stress management training with cognitive-behavioral approach had a significant effect on state/trait anxiety (p< 0.001), pregnancy anxiety (p< 0.003) and its aspects (concerns about child birth (p< 0.002, concerns about interpersonal emotions/relationships P< 0.02) as well as mental health (P< 0.015), but has no significant effect on the concerns about changes in body (p< 0.12) appearance.

Stress management training program is an appropriate approach for mental health promotion and distress reduction due to the anxiety of primigravidae in dealing with the pregnancy stresses.

Allergic diseases are among the common diseases in children and one of the common causes of disability in many societies. Increased incidence of these diseases in recent years in many countries has been reported. Allergies in children have several risk factors, including maternal stress during pregnancy. In this descriptive-analytic study, 290 pregnant women referred to two general and private hospitals in Yazd were studied. Subjects were selected during 2010 by non-randomized simple sampling. Anxiety level in pregnant mothers was determined by PRAQ (Pregnancy Anxiety Questionnaire). IgE (Immunoglobulin E) levels in Cord blood and maternal blood were determined by ELISA method. The results were analyzed by SPSS version 16. Our findings showed that the average anxiety score in mothers whose newborns had IgE level above 0.35 IU/ml is more than mothers whose babies blood IgE was less than 0.35 IU/ml, and there was a significant relationship between cord blood IgE level and pregnancy anxiety score (P<0.001). There wasnt any significant relationship between other variables such as gender, gestational age and birth weight with cord blood IgE levels (P> 0.05). It seems that anxiety and fear during pregnancy are risk factors for elevation of cord blood IgE level in newborns.