The associations between maternal lifestyles and antenatal stress and anxiety in Chinese pregnant women: A cross-sectional study

Abstract The study aimed to investigate the associations between maternal lifestyles and antenatal stress and anxiety. 1491 pregnant women were drawn from the Guangxi birth cohort study (GBCS). A base line questionnaire was used to collect demographic information and maternal lifestyles. The Pregnan...

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Autores principales: Qingzhi Hou, Shanshan Li, Chao Jiang, Yaling Huang, Lulu Huang, Juan Ye, Zhijian Pan, Tao Teng, Qiuyan Wang, Yonghua Jiang, Haiying Zhang, Chaoqun Liu, Mujun Li, Zengnan Mo, Xiaobo Yang
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/bd8cae969bf44b6f88aef9bc43ac52c3
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Sumario:Abstract The study aimed to investigate the associations between maternal lifestyles and antenatal stress and anxiety. 1491 pregnant women were drawn from the Guangxi birth cohort study (GBCS). A base line questionnaire was used to collect demographic information and maternal lifestyles. The Pregnancy Stress Rating Scale (PSRS) and Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) were used to assess prenatal stress and anxiety, respectively. Regression analyses identified the relationship between maternal lifestyles and prenatal stress and anxiety: (1) Hours of phone use per day was positively correlated to prenatal stress and anxiety and increased with stress and anxiety levels (all P trend < 0.05). In addition, not having baby at home was positively correlated to prenatal stress. (2) Self-reported sleep quality was negative with prenatal stress and anxiety, and decreased with stress and anxiety levels (all P trend < 0.01). Moreover, not frequent cooking was negatively correlated to prenatal stress and having pets was negatively correlated to prenatal anxiety (P < 0.05). However, having pets was not correlated to prenatal stress (P > 0.05). Our results showed that adverse lifestyles increase the risk of antenatal stress and anxiety, a regular routine and a variety of enjoyable activities decreases the risk of prenatal stress and anxiety.