Prevalence of Anxiety Among Antenatal Women in An Urban Area of Belagavi
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2022-07
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Medsci Publications
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Background: A woman is highly vulnerable to anxiety and stress during her pregnancy causing negative effect in somatic and psychological forms like Intrauterine growth restriction, low birth weight and pre-term birth in child. Maternal anxiety not only leads to adverse effect on pregnancy outcome but also de-creases maternal competence in childcare. Aims/Objectives: Determine the prevalence of antenatal anxiety among women attending Ashok Nagar UHC and identify the associated risk factors. Methodology: A cross sectional study was done for 3 months in 320 antenatal women attending antena-tal clinic at Ashok Nagar UHC. Data collection was done using a pre designed and pre tested question-naire. Results: Theprevalence of antenatal anxiety was 31.2%. Among them 30% had mild to moderate anxie-ty and only 1.2% had severe anxiety. Prevalence of anxiety was higher in younger women and with low-er literacy status. Conclusion: Antenatal anxiety is of major public health importance but its effect on mother is not con-sidered to be a serious issue in the society. There is a need for regular antenatal screening, assessment and treatment of antenatal anxiety.
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Antenatal anxiety, PASS, Primigravida, Screening
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Singh J, Metgud CS.. Prevalence of Anxiety Among Antenatal Women in An Urban Area of Belagavi . National Journal of Community Medicine. 2022 Jul; 13(7): 439-445