Factors associated with pregnancy-related anxiety in Tanzanian women: a cross sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify factors predictive of pregnancy-related anxiety (PRA) among women in Mwanza, Tanzania.

Design

A cross-sectional study was used to explore the relationship between psychosocial health and preterm birth.

Setting

Antenatal clinics in the Ilemela and Nyamagana districts of Mwanza, Tanzania.

Participants

Pregnant women less than or equal to 32 weeks' gestational age (n=212) attending the two antenatal clinics.

Measures

PRA was measured using a revised version of the 10-item PRA Questionnaire (PRA-Q). Predictive factors included social support (Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support), stress (Perceived Stress Scale), depression (Edinburg Postpartum Depression Scale) and sociodemographic data. Bivariate analysis permitted varia

SUBMITTER: Wall V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5988139 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature