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- Title
Effects of anxiety, depression, social support, and physical health status on the health-related quality of life of pregnant women in post-pandemic Korea: a cross-sectional study.
- Authors
Hyun Kyoung Kim; Geum Hee Jeong; Hye Young Min
- Abstract
Purpose: This study aimed to examine the effects of anxiety, depression, social support, and physical health status on the health-related quality of life of Korean pregnant women using Spilker's quality of life model. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study with a correlational design. The participants included 166 pregnant women who were recruited via convenience sampling at two healthcare centers in South Korea. Questionnaires were collected from April 22 to May 29, 2023, in two cities in South Korea. The EuroQol-5D-3L, General Anxiety Disorder-7, Patient Health Questionnaire-2, Perceived Social Support through Others Scale-8, and EuroQol visual analog scale were used to assess the study variables. The t-test, Pearson correlation coefficients, and multiple regression tests were conducted using IBM SPSS ver. 26.0. Results Statistically significant correlations were identified between the health-related quality of life of pregnant women and anxiety (r=.29, p<.001), depression (r=.31, p<.001), social support (r=-.34, p<.001), and physical health status (r=-.44, p<. 001). Physical health status (β=-.31, p<.001) and social support (β=-.21, p=.003) had the greatest effect on health-related quality of life (F=15.50, p<.001), with an explanatory power of 26.0%. Conclusion The health-related quality of life of pregnant women was affected by social support and physical health status. This study demonstrated that physical health and social support promotion can improve the health-related quality of life of pregnant women. Healthcare providers should consider integrating physical health into social support interventions for pregnant women in the post-pandemic era.
- Subjects
SOUTH Korea; RESEARCH; SOCIAL support; MATHEMATICAL models; CROSS-sectional method; MULTIPLE regression analysis; PREGNANT women; HEALTH status indicators; VISUAL analog scale; REGRESSION analysis; T-test (Statistics); PEARSON correlation (Statistics); QUALITY of life; MENTAL depression; THEORY; RESEARCH funding; QUESTIONNAIRES; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; ANXIETY; STATISTICAL correlation; STATISTICAL sampling; DATA analysis software; COVID-19 pandemic
- Publication
Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing, 2023, Vol 29, Issue 3, p243
- ISSN
1225-9543
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4069/kjwhn.2023.09.11