Levels of anxiety in high-risk pregnant women

International Journal of Development Research

Volume: 
09
Article ID: 
17234
6 pages
Research Article

Levels of anxiety in high-risk pregnant women

Liniker Scolfild Rodrigues da Silva, Eliana Lessa Cordeiro, Maria de Fátima Barbosa, Cristina Albuquerque Douberin, Aline Silva Florêncio, Mariana Batista da Silva, Ítalo Rocemberg de Moura Xavier, José Felipe Gomes, Raissa Wiviane Nunes dos Santos Sousa, Laryssa Grazielle Feitosa Lopes, Gabrielly Lais de Andrade Souza, Fabyano Palheta Costa, Marília Gabrielle Santos Nunes

Abstract: 

Objective: To identify the levels of anxiety in high-risk pregnant women. Methods: Cross-sectional study of quantitative-descriptive approach conducted with 112 pregnant women admitted to Agamenon Magalhães Hospital in Recife/PE in the period from April to June 2016. The data were processed in the programs Microsoft Office Excel and Word 2010, after individually applied, through tables, checked with descriptive statistics with values calculated in absolute frequency and analyzed according to national and international literature. Results: In this sample, the highest percentage, (39.3%) and (35.7%), were classified with no anxiety and mild to moderate anxiety, respectively, whereas 16.1% presented moderate to severe anxiety and 8.9%, severe. Conclusion: There was a relation between increased age and schooling of pregnant women in the group without anxiety, whereas in groups categorized with mild to moderate anxiety could be association with unplanned pregnancy or diseases during pregnancy, suggesting the need for strengthening of family planning by the family health strategy.

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