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Volume 26

July - September 2010

Number  3


 

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Quality of life in pregnant women results
of a study from Kashan, Iran

Abbaszadeh Fatemeh1, Bagheri Azam2, Mehran Nahid3

ABSTRACT

Objective: Pregnancy is associated with numerous mental and physical changes in women. These changes are likely to be associated with reduced quality of life. The purpose of this study was to assess the quality of life in pregnant women in Kashan, central Iran.

Methodology: We conducted a descriptive- analytical cross -sectional study on 600 pregnant women. The participants completed the Short Form Health Survey to report quality of life during antenatal visit.

Results: The lowest life quality score was obtained in "functional limitations due to physical health problems" and "vitality". Some dimensions of health in SF-36 was correlated with age, gestational age, gravid, education, income. (P< 0/05).

Conclusion: Paying attention to factors negatively affecting dimensions of quality of life during pregnancy and planning to reduce their impact can result in enhancing the quality of life among pregnant women.

KEY WORDS: Quality of life, Pregnancy, SF-36.

Pak J Med Sci    July - September 2010    Vol. 26 No. 3    692-697

How to cite this article:

Fatemeh A, Azam B, Nahid M. Quality of life in pregnant women results of a study from Kashan, Iran. Pak J Med Sci 2010;26(3):692-697


1. Abbaszadeh Fatemeh
2. Bagheri Azam
3. Mehran Nahid,
Nursing Midwifery Faculty,
Qom University of Medical Science,
Qom, Iran
1,2: Nursing Midwifery Faculty,
Kashan University of Medical Science Kashan,
Iran.

Correspondence:

Abbaszadeh Fatemeh,
Nursing Midwifery Faculty,
Kashan University of Medical Science Kashan, Iran.
E-mail: abbaszadehs@yahoo.com

* Received for Publication: Novembre 23, 2009

* Accepted: May 15, 2010



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