Open AccessPerceived stress and its predictors in women with threatened preterm labour: A cross‐sectional study
Author(s) -
Najjarzadeh Maryam,
Abbasalizadeh Shamsi,
MohammadAlizadehCharandabi Sakineh,
AsghariJafarabadi Mohammad,
Mirghafourvand Mojgan
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
nursing open
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.55
H-Index - 12
ISSN - 2054-1058
DOI - 10.1002/nop2.1055
Subject(s) - cross sectional study , medicine , pregnancy , social support , threatened species , demography , vaginal bleeding , obstetrics , clinical psychology , psychology , pathology , biology , ecology , genetics , sociology , habitat , psychotherapist
Aim To determine prevalence and predictors of perceived stress in women with threatened preterm labour. Design Cross‐sectional. Methods We recruited 409 women with threatened preterm labour, hospitalized at two tertiary hospitals. We assessed their socio‐demographic and obstetrics characteristics, and their perceived stress, perceived social support, experience of violence using validated scales. Multiple linear regression was used to determine the predictors. Results Data from all recruited women were analysed. Most of them had borderline (36%) or high (42%) level stress. Overall, 17 predictors were identified explaining 89.5% of variation in the stress score. Predictors of the higher stress score included: urban living, experience of sexual and psychological violence, perceived insufficient social support, experience of vaginal bleeding during current pregnancy, abnormal results in initial pregnancy tests, having multiple roles at home, being less than 28 weeks pregnant, being parous, sleep disorders, history of health problems, insufficient income and unwanted pregnancy.