Association of Pregnancy Anxiety and the Risk of Hypertensive Disorder during Pregnancy

Abstract

Present research study examines the association of pregnancy anxiety and the risk of hypertensive disorder during pregnancy.  It is a cross sectional study spread over a period of one and half year. This research is conducted on 200 pregnant women from different maternity homes of Betul & Bhopal District from Madhya Pradesh, India. Levin Pregnancy anxiety scale and SCL -90R (Dergotis,1994) was used to assess the level of pregnancy anxiety among pregnant women having hypertensive disorder or without hypertensive disorder. One way analysis of variance was used for analysis of data to see a significant relationship between pregnancy anxiety and risk of hypertensive disorder among patient group and normal pregnant women’s. The results of the study revealed a significant relationship of pregnancy anxiety among pregnant women having hypertensive disorder in comparison to normal pregnant women’s.