A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ANTENATAL ANXIETY AMONG PRIMIGRAVIDA AND MULTIGRAVIDA

Dr Suvendu Narayan Mishra; Dr Mary Pushpa Bara; Dr Krishna Priyamabada; Dr Amrit Pattojoshi; Dr. Ajay Kumar Bakhla

Volume : VI, Issue : IV, April - 2017

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ANTENATAL ANXIETY AMONG PRIMIGRAVIDA AND MULTIGRAVIDA

Dr Suvendu Narayan Mishra, Dr Mary Pushpa Bara, Dr Krishna Priyamabada, Dr Amrit Pattojoshi, Dr. Ajay Kumar Bakhla

Abstract :

Aims: The aim of present study was to compare the antenatal anxiety and depression among primigravida and multigravida.

Materials and Methods: This cross sectional, observational study consisted of consenting subjects attending Out Patients department for routine antenatal checkup. Data was collected with all subjects in respect to socio demographic information and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) was applied.

Results: For a total sample of 169 pregnant females, 60(35.5%) were pregnant for the first time and rest of the 109 (64.5% ) were poly gravid pregnant females For primi and multi gravid groups, the mean depression scores of HADS was 12.40 � 3.42 and 11.54 � 3.20 ( t= –1.627, p value = .106) and for Anxiety HADS score was 13.53 � 3.27 and 11.60 � 3.47 ( t= –3.523, p value = .001) respectively. Showing significantly higher HADS anxiety scores for Primi gravid females in comparison to poly gravid pregnant females.

Conclusions: This study finds a significantly higher antenatal anxiety among primigravida females.