Difference in Categories and Characteristics of Prenatal Depression Combined with Anxiety in Women
Objective To analyze difference in categories of women's prenatal depression combined with anxiety,so as to provide important reference for emotional health management and nursing intervention in clinical treatment.Methods From March to June 2021,pregnant women in outpatient clinics of 2 tertiary A hospitals in Zhongshan were conveniently selected.Patient health questionnaire,generalized anxiety disorder scale(GAD-7),susceptible personality type scale(VPSQ),simple coping style questionnaire(SCSQ)and social support rating scale(SSRS)were used to in-vestigate.Results The detection rates of depression and anxiety in 882 pregnant women were 32.4%and 37.3%re-spectively.The detection rate of prenatal depression and anxiety was 24.6%,and its potential categories could be divided into four groups:low depression and low anxiety group(35.0%),low depression and high anxiety group(21.4%),high depression and high anxiety group(23.6%),and high depression and low anxiety group(20.0%).Personality charac-teristics,coping style,social support,place of residence,per capita monthly family income and occupation were the in-fluencing factors of different potential categories of pregnant women(all P<0.05).Conclusions The occurrence of prenatal depression combined with anxiety is high in pregnant women,which can be divided into 4 different potential categories.Medical staff should take specified measures according to different emotional categories and influencing fac-tors in order to relieve patients'emotional symptoms and improve the effect of nursing intervention.
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