Martín-Vázquez C, García-Fernández R, Calvo-Ayuso N, Martínez-Fernández MC, Liébana-Presa C, Urchaga-Litago JD. Health-Related Quality of Life in Pregnant Women during the First Trimester in Northern Spain: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study.
Healthcare (Basel) 2023;
11:healthcare11101424. [PMID:
37239710 DOI:
10.3390/healthcare11101424]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
Achieving the optimal quality of life is currently a health challenge for the world's population. Pregnancy is a stressful period of life that affects women's quality of life.
AIMS
This study aimed to describe and analyse the health-related quality of life in pregnant women during their first trimester in a health area in the north of Spain.
METHODS
A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out. A total of 359 women completed the 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey.
RESULTS
The sample consisted of 57.9% primiparous women, 30% had experienced a previous abortion, and 7.2% were foreign women. The mean age was 33.53 years. The sum of the physical and mental component values was below 50 points. Notably, 4.17% of women reported a worsening of their health in the last year, and 28.69% had an increased depression risk.
CONCLUSION
Being a foreigner, prenatal abortion, previous caesarean section, previous children, or assisted reproduction techniques are the variables that have a negative association with some dimensions of quality of life in pregnant women.
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