Investigation of Psychosocial Health and Depression Levels of Pregnancy

Abstract

Objective: The present study was conducted to examine the relationship between psychosocial health and depressive symptom levels of pregnant women.
Methods: The data of 150 pregnant women who were followed up in the Family Healthcare Center were collected by face-to-face interview. The data were collected with study specific Personal Data Form, the Psychosocial Health Assessment in Pregnancy Scale (PHAPS), and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI).
Results: The mean age of the pregnant participants was 27.49±5.69 years, and the mean marriage duration was 6.21±5.33 years and average number of pregnancies 2.50±1.58. Of the pregnant women participating in the study, 26.0% were in the first trimester, 34.7% were in the second trimester, and 39.3% were in the third trimester. The total mean score of the PHAPS during the pregnancies of the women was 2.06±0.6 and their psychosocial health status was poor. It was found that 23.3% of the pregnant women had mild, 8.7% had moderate, and 0.7% had severe depression symptoms.
Conclusion: Negative and moderately significant relations were detected between better psychosocial health status and depression during pregnancy.

Keywords

• Pregnant
• psychosocial health
• depression.

Gebelerin Psikososyal Sağlık ve Depresyon Düzeylerinin İncelenmesi

Abstract

Amaç: Bu araştırma gebelerin psikososyal sağlık ve depresif belirti düzeyleri arasındaki ilişkinin incelenmesi amacıyla yapıldı.
Yöntem: Aile Sağlığı Merkezi’nde izlenen 150 gebenin verileri yüz yüze görüşme yöntemi ile toplandı. Veriler, 10 Mart 2021-26 Temmuz 2021 tarihleri arasında yüz yüze görüşülerek toplandı. Veriler; çalışmaya özel Kişisel Veri Formu, Gebelikte Psikososyal Sağlığı Değerlendirme Ölçeği (GPSDÖ) ve Beck Depresyon Ölçeği (BDÖ) ile toplandı.
Bulgular: Gebelerin ortalama yaşı 27,49±5,69 yıl, ortalama evlilik süresi 6,21±5,33 yıl ve ortalama gebelik sayısı 2,50±1,58 idi. Çalışmaya katılan gebelerin %26,0'sı birinci trimesterde, %34,7'si ikinci trimesterde ve %39,3'ü üçüncü trimesterdeydi. Gebelerin Gebelikte Psikososyal Sağlığı Değerlendirme ölçeği toplam puan ortalamasının 2.06±0.6 ve psikososyal sağlık durumlarının kötü olduğu belirlendi. Gebelerin %23,3’ünde hafif, %8,7 ‘sinde orta ve % 0,7’sinde ise şiddetli depresyon belirtisi olduğu saptandı.
Sonuç: Gebelikte psikososyal sağlık durumu ile depresyon arasında negatif yönlü ve orta düzeyde anlamlı bir ilişki bulundu.

Keywords

• Gebe
• psikososyal sağlık
• depresyon.

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