THE EFFECTS OF PREGNANCY ON FREQUENCY AND PREGNANCY IN HEALTH PRACTICES
Project no. 910 · Status: Kapanmış · 2017
Summary
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determining the compliance of frequent and unplanned pregnancies with health practices and pregnancy. Methods: This research was a cross-sectional analytical study. Study population included 81 women who were in the prenatal period of pregnancy in Uskudar-Istanbul region. Data collection took place at family medicine centres between October 2017-July 2018. Data were collected using a demographic questionnaire, Health Practices Questionnaire in Pregnancy-II and Prenatal Self Evaluation Questionnaire and analyzed with number-percentage distributions, descriptive statistics, independent-samples t test, Mann-Whitney U test and Kruskal-Wallis test. Results: Prenatal Self-Evaluation Questionnaire means score of 252.03±30.10 was found. A significant difference was found between the educational status of the pregnant women, their working status and occupation, and the mean health applications in pregnancy (p <0.05). It was found that the total score average of general health practices scale was higher in pregnant women receiving postgraduate education. No statistically significant difference was found between the sociodemographic variables of the pregnant and prenatal self-assessment (p>0.05). The difference between the planned pregnancy status and the mean total score of the health applications scale in pregnancy is statistically significant (p<0.05), there was no statistically significant difference between the obstetric characteristics of pregnant women and prenatal self-assessment scale total mean score (p>0.05). There was a high level of positive correlation between the total score averages of general health practices and prenatal self-assessment scale total mean scores (r=0.685, p<0.05). Conclusion and Recommendations: Adaptation to pregnancy of women’s is affected by many variables and given prenatal care is of great importance in ensuring compliance. All health care professionals serving pregnant women with caring for their involvement in the psychosocial as well as physical care may be required. Key words: Vaginal shower, Women's health, Genital hygiene.