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- Title
Sociodemographic factors as a predictor for pregnancy-related anxiety.
- Authors
Abdelkefi, M.; Walha, R.; Feki, R.; Zid, W.; Gassara, I.; Smaoui, N.; Omri, S.; Charfi, N.; Zouari, L.; Ben Thabet, J.; Maalej Bouali, M.; Chaabene, K.; Maalej, M.
- Abstract
Introduction: Pregnant women are particularly vulnerable to a wide variety of psychiatric symptoms, including anxiety related to pregnancy and childbirth. Objectives: The purpose of our study was to determine the sociodemographic characteristics of pregnant women and investigate their relationship with pregnancy-related anxiety. Methods: The study was conducted from February to July 2023 among pregnant women in their 3rd-trimester consulting at the Gynecology-obstetrics department of the Hedi Chaker University Hospital of Sfax, Tunisia. Women with obstetric conditions favorable to vaginal delivery (cephalic presentation and eutrophic fetus) were interviewed using a questionnaire including their sociodemographic characteristics and the brief version of the pregnancy-related anxiety questionnaire PRAQ-R2. Results: A total of 350 women were included in our study. The mean age of the participants was 28 years [16-41 years] with the majority being married (95.7%). One hundred and eighty-eight women (53.7%) did not graduate from high school and 213 (60.9%) were housewives. Half of the participants (52.9%) lived in the city, and 38.9% reported low income. Almost half of them (46.28%) were multiparous. The mean score of the PRAQ-R2 was 31.24 ± 7.53. We found a positive correlation between the PRAQ-R2 scale score and age younger than 30 years (p<0.001), low educational level (p=0.006), and low income (p=0.031). Conclusions: Our findings suggest that demographic factors seem to predict anxiety related to pregnancy and are worth examining in future studies for a better understanding of this symptom in pregnant women. Disclosure of Interest: None Declared
- Subjects
DELIVERY (Obstetrics); HIGH school graduates; PREGNANT women; SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors; UNIVERSITY hospitals
- Publication
European Psychiatry, 2024, Vol 67, pS323
- ISSN
0924-9338
- Publication type
Abstract
- DOI
10.1192/j.eurpsy.2024.670