Abstract
Objective: In this study, it was aimed to investigate the influence of prenatal risk indicator scores of pregnant women on mental symptoms. Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out with 142 pregnant women who were admitted to obstetrics clinic of a state hospital in Izmir province and who stated that they were not diagnosed with any psychiatric diseases. A form questioning socio-demographic and obstetric characteristics of pregnant women, prenatal risk indicator aiming at determining risk of pregnant women and brief symptom inventory (BSI) aiming at screening mental symptoms were used for data collection. Results: The most common risk factors according to risk indicator were detected as experiencing urinary tract infection during the current pregnancy, being nulliparous, receiving late or insufficient prenatal care and inadequate weight gain and almost half of the pregnant women were found to be high risk. In addition, it was found that BSI scores were low, paranoid thought scores were high in high risk women and there was a positive correlation and phobic anxiety scores of all pregnant women were equal. Conclusion: High risk pregnant women were detected to have paranoid thoughts and all pregnant women found to experience phobic anxiety equally.
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