Journal of Midwifery and Health Sciences
The Relationship between Antepartum Symptoms Experienced by Pregnant Women and Risk Perception During Pregnancy
By Nursema AKSÖZ and Gülseren Dağlar.
Abstract
Objective
To evaluate the relationship between antepartum symptoms experienced by pregnant women and risk perception during pregnancy.
Methods
The study was cross-sectional descriptive. The sample consisted of 615 pregnant women who applied to Sivas Numune Hospital for healthy pregnancy follow-up between the 9th and 40th gestational weeks between 01.10.2020-31.01.2021. Data were collected with Personal Information Form, Pregnancy Symptom Inventory (PSI) and Pregnancy Risk Perception Scale (PRPS). Analyses included descriptive statistics, independent-samples t-tests, one-way ANOVA, chi-square tests, and Pearson correlation analysis.Results: The mean gestational week of the pregnant women was 22.18±9.42. The mean total score of PSI symptom frequency was 39.85±16.57 and the mean total score of symptoms restricting daily activities was 54.28±9.55. The mean total score of the PRPS was 2.71±1.69; the mean score of risk perception towards the baby was 2.49±1.92; and the mean score of risk perception towards oneself was 2.99±1.82. Symptom frequency was weakly and positively correlated with overall risk perception (r=0.150, p
