Abstract
Objective: Mental health problems in women during pregnancy are widely associated with the negative consequences of pregnancy. Various factors can affect the mental health improvement in pregnancy. The effects of lifestyle and especially the Islamic lifestyle on mental health are unknown. Therefore, the researcher determined to examine the correlation between the Islamic lifestyle and women’s mental health in pregnancy.
 Materials and Methods: The study on 300 pregnant women referred to the clinics affiliated to Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences was carried out as descriptive cross-sectional. The research tools included the Islamic lifestyle questionnaire and DASS-21.
 Results: The results showed that there is a significant negative relationship between mental health and the Islamic lifestyle. (r = -0.310). The regression test results show that the mean score of the mental health problems decreases 0.09 per unit by increasing an Islamic lifestyle score.
 Conclusion: Since the results show that there is a significant negative relationship between Islamic lifestyle and the women’s mental health, interventional studies are suggested to increase awareness and change lifestyle in order to improve the mental health.
 Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol.19(3) 2020 p.394-400
Highlights
Pregnancy and delivery are enumerated amongst the natural events in the women’s life cycle; pregnancy is considered as a natural function for the women, it is, in the a very stressful experience
The results obtained about the pregnancy status of the referring pregnant women are suggestive of the idea that 42% had become pregnant for the first time and 46% of the pregnant women had no children. 80.7% of the mothers had no abortion history and 97.7% of them had no still birth
The results of the present study indicated that the more an individual gets closer to the Islamic lifestyle, the less the amount of depression, anxiety and stress s/he will tolerate; because believing in that there is a God controlling the situations and overseeing the servants, decreases the situation-related anxiety to a large extent in such a way that the majority of the believers describe their relationship with the God like a very amicable relationship and believe that via relying and resorting to the God that the effect of uncontrollable situations can be somehow controlled. 40Finally, it can be stated that the scarcity of the prior research regarding Islamic lifestyle has been a constraint of the current research paper
Summary
Pregnancy and delivery are enumerated amongst the natural events in the women’s life cycle; pregnancy is considered as a natural function for the women, it is, in the a very stressful experience These experiences are accompanied by many psychological and physical changes in pregnant mothers.[1] Pregnancy is the most exhilarating experience of the women’s lives but concerns about the status and health of the fetus, physical changes, fear of delivery, worries about receiving sufficient care during pregnancy, and lack of energy for performing daily activities lead in emerging and intensifying the causes of depression, anxiety and stress during pregnancy.2Also, pregnancy is a critical period for women in which their mentalrelated problems can appear.[3] Many studies have been conducted in different communities in order to investigate the stressing factors in pregnant mothers and their consequences during pregnancy. It has been showed that the prevalence of depression during
Sign-in/Register to view highlights & summary Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Free) 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a call
