Determinants of distress levels in high-risk pregnant women – cross-sectional study

• Authors: Pınar Kara , Evşen Nazik , Zehra Çerçer

Abstracts

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Introduction and aim. Global and national care recommendations indicate that women with high-risk pregnancies should receive personalized and qualified care during this period. This study was conducted to determine the distress levels in high-risk pregnant women and affecting factors. Material and methods. The cross-sectional this study was conducted with total of 416 high-risk pregnant women who met the inclusion criteria in the obstetrics clinic of a training and research hospital. The study data were collected with data collection form and “Tilburg Pregnancy Distress Scale (TPDS).” Results. The mean TPDS total score of high-risk pregnant women was 18.25±6.85. It was found that planning pregnancy, gravida, and diagnosis of gestational hypertension, systemic diseases, and gestational diabetes in the present pregnancy was associated with pregnancy-specific distress (p<0.05; β=0.291, β=0.158, β=0.272, β=0.137, β=0.116, respectively). Conclusion. It is advised that health professionals assess the distress levels of high-risk pregnant women and give personalized care during prenatal period.

Keywords

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distress; health professional; high-risk pregnancy; nursing care

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Rzeszowski. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego
• Journal: European Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine
• Year: 2024
• Volume: 22
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 60-67

Dates

published

2024

Contributors

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Pınar Kara

• Nursing Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, Kahramanmaraş İstiklal University, Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye

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Evşen Nazik

• Nursing Department, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Çukurova University, Adana, Türkiye

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Zehra Çerçer

• Midwifery Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, Gaziantep Islam Science and Technology University, Gaziantep, Türkiye

Identifiers

DOI

10.15584/ejcem.2024.1.9

Biblioteka Nauki

38695712