A Study to Assess the Prevalence of Levels of Stress Among Pregnancy Induced Hypertension Mothers Attending OBG OPD at Selected Hospitals of Bagalkot, Karnataka

Abstract

Background of the study: PIH and its management are critical and should be essential part of nursing concern for continuous improvement and enhanced fetal outcomes. Pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH) is one of the leading cause of maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. stress is considered as one of the etiological factor in PIH. Preeclampsia might be the result of inadequate maternal care and this may advance to eclampsia if proper care is not taken, resulting in various maternal complications. Endothelial dysfunction is considered as one of the etiological factor for the development of preeclampsia. PIH can be referred to a type of increased blood pressure of greater or equal 140mmHg that is associated with excess protein in urine or may not have elevated amount of protein in urine (that is more than or equal to 300mg over a 24 hour period) which begins at twenty weeks of conception, however it can clear up in 12 weeks postnatal,It also refers to a new onset of excessive protein in urine for the first 24 hour period in women who are hypertensive and who do not have excess protein in urine before 20 weeks of gestation MATERIAL AND METHODS: The research approach adopted for this study was quantitative research approach and the design used was descriptive research design. The convenience sampling technique was used to select 100 subjects. The tool used for data collection was Cohen’s perceived stress scale. Paper pencil technique was used for data collection and data obtained were analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: result indicates that majority 70% of respondent had high level of stress, 25% of respondent had moderate level of stress and 5% of respondent had mild level of stress. The overall mean level of stress score was found to be 28.74% with SD as 3.31 %. Chi-square test was calculated to assess the association between socio demographic variables and levels of stress among infertile women. There is no significant association found between levels of stress among infertile women with their socio demographic variables such as Age in years , Types of family, Religion, Duration of marriage in year, Educational Qualification, Occupation, Monthly income of family, Family support, Source of information regarding health, weeks of gestation, PIH in previous pregnancy Conclusion: Thousands of women and babies die or get very sick from a dangerous condition called pregnancy induced hypertension. The present study was conducted to assess the stress regarding PIH, Study concluded that Most of mother having high level of stress and moderate level of stress. Keywords: PIH (pregnancy induced hypertension) mothers, Stress levels, Cohen’s perceived stress scale, Socio demographic variables.