345. Low self esteem amongst preeclampsia population; should we be worried?
| Autor: | Ajibola Otegbeye |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
education.field_of_study
Pregnancy Complications of pregnancy business.industry Cross-sectional study media_common.quotation_subject Population Rosenberg self-esteem scale Self-esteem Obstetrics and Gynecology Gestational age medicine.disease Internal Medicine Medicine business education Socioeconomic status media_common Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Pregnancy Hypertension. 13:S131 |
| ISSN: | 2210-7789 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.preghy.2018.08.389 |
| Popis: | Introduction preeclampsia is a hypertensive disease in pregnancy that worries both the care giver and the patient. They have a more frequent visit to the clinic compared with low risk pregnancy. Knowing about the complications of pregnancy apart from developing complications may affect the patient emotionally. This is a descriptive, cross sectional study to evaluate self esteem of patients diagnosed with preeclampsia at the antenatal clinic. Methods 100 pregnant women diagnosed at various gestational age of pregnancy were examined. The instrument for examination was via questionnaire. Rosenberg self esteem scale was used to evaluate all patients and classified as having low self esteem or not. Effect of Social demographics were also evaluated with descriptive statistical analysis. They were classified into groups based on parity. Result 42% had low self esteem. It was higher amongst primigravidas. Patients with lower economic status had a higher incidence of low self esteem. ANC seems to affect the penetration of low self esteem. Conclusion Low self esteem is seen among preeclampsia population and prenatal clinic should intensify education to reduce the effect this. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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