Anxiety symptoms and health-related quality of life in mainland Chinese pregnant women: a cross-sectional study.
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| Title: | Anxiety symptoms and health-related quality of life in mainland Chinese pregnant women: a cross-sectional study. |
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| Authors: | Yang, Jing-ping, Qu, Jia, Sun, Ke, Gao, Ling-Ling |
| Source: | Journal of Reproductive & Infant Psychology. Feb2023, Vol. 41 Issue 1, p3-14. 12p. 4 Charts. |
| Subjects: | Academic medical centers, Cross-sectional method, Third trimester of pregnancy, Pregnant women, Anxiety testing, Self-report inventories, Health status indicators, Health surveys, Comparative studies, Psychological tests, Quality of life, Disease prevalence, Descriptive statistics, Questionnaires, Research funding, Anxiety, Sociodemographic factors, Pregnancy |
| Geographic Terms: | China |
| Abstract: | Health-related quality of life allows the health care professionals to envisage new axes of improvement in antenatal care and is a core aspect of contemporary maternity care provision. This study aims to estimate the prevalence of anxiety symptoms and explore the relationship between anxiety symptoms and health-related quality of life among Chinese pregnant women. A cross-sectional study was conducted in a local teaching hospital in Guangzhou, China between April and June, 2018. Seven hundred and seventy Chinese pregnant women completed the 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36), the Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) and socio-demographic questionnaires. 18.2% women were classified as having elevated anxiety symptoms as evidenced by a SAS score ≥50. Compared with women without anxiety symptoms, the pregnant women with anxiety symptoms had worse physical (SF36-PCS) and mental (SF36-MCS) health-related quality of life and a lower level of seven domains of SF-36 (GH, RP, BP, VT, SF, RE and MH). Elevated anxiety symptoms predicted worse physical (SF36-PCS) and mental (SF36-MCS) health-related quality of life. The third trimester predicted a lower level of physical (SF36-PCS) health-related quality of life, while an unsatisfied relationship with mother-in-law predicted a lower level of mental (SF36-MCS) health-related quality of life. The pregnant women with anxiety symptoms had impaired health-related quality of life. Health care professionals should identify pregnant women with anxiety symptoms and facilitate their treatment, which could improve their health-related quality of life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
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