Abstract
ABSTRACTThis study aimed at evaluation of perceived stress, anxiety, depression and coping among pregnant women. Perceived Stress Scale-14 (PSS), Pregnancy Related Anxiety Scale (PRAS), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) and Brief COPE inventory were administered to 110 ante-natal mothers. Nearly one third (30.9%) reported significant stress and 20.9% had pregnancy related anxiety. Depression was found in 7.3%, and 47.3% and 23.6% of participants reported significant trait and state anxiety respectively. An expectation of a male child by the participant’s family (p = 0.003), worries of giving birth to a female child (p = 0.037) and practicing Hinduism were associated with significant stress. Antenatal mothers who perceived high stress on PSS-14 significantly differed on reporting of child related anxiety on the PRAS (p < 0.001), state anxiety (p = 0.046), trait anxiety (p < 0.01) and total scores on STAI (p < 0.01). Emotional focused and avoidance oriented coping was mor...
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