The study of relationship ways of coping stress with some of the quantity demographic features in pregnant women referred to health centers in Khorramabad

Introduction: Stress and tense factors harm women particularly the pregnant ones. Utilizing the appropriate stress coping styles is effective in decreasing the harms and helping both mothers and their babies’ health. Some individual factors could have a relationship with these styles. This study wasdone aiming to appoint the relationship between the stress coping styles with some demographic features in pregnant women referring to the health centers in Khorramabad City. Methods: In thisdescriptive coefficient study with moral code LUMS.REC.1394.11, 190 pregnant women referring to health centers in Khorramabad City in 1394 who were qualified for studying on them entered theexploration with easy and reachable sampling. The Fridenberg and Louis’s standard questionnaire of the stress coping styles was used for studying the way of coping with stress. The gained data wereanalyzed by utilizing the Pearson and Spearman’s correlation coefficients and by using the SPSS‑20 software. Results: The findings showed that the average age of pregnant women of the explorationwas 32.3, the average age of theirs husbands was 36.7, the average of married age was 22.8, the average period of remaining husband and wife was 9.5 years, the least number of born children fromthem was 0, and the most number of born children from them was 5. The highest level of education in the pregnant women and their husbands university educations (were, respectively, 53.8% and 69%)and 55.3% of the population were in average economical conditions. The findings showed that the marriage age has a direct relationship with the less effective coping style (P = 0.039). The level ofeducation (P < 0.001) and the education level of the husbands (P < 0.001) have a direct relationship with the problem‑focused coping style and also the duration of remaining married with less effectivecoping style (P = 0.039), and the number of born children with problem‑focused coping style are related conversely (P = 0.021). Conclusion: According to the findings, we can better recognize the people exposing at the risk of pathobiology or the people having inefficient styles and teach and support them by introducing the different ways of confronting.

Keywords:

Demographic feature , the pregnant , the stress coping styles