Earthquake's influence on the pregnant women's mental status and the effectiveness of corresponding nursing interventions

VernacularTitle:地震灾害对孕产妇心理状态的影响及护理干预的效果
Author: Dong-Yan ZHENG ¹ ; Li-Ya QIAO ; Wei-Hong JIAO ; Min CAO ; Chun-Hua FU
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1. 解放军总医院附属第二医院
Keywords: Pregnant women; Earthquake; Psychological nursing; Anxiety; Depression
From: Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2009;15(2):116-118
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To investigate the pregnant women's mental status of the earthquake disaster area,and find the nursing measures to intervene the pregnant women and reduce the influence. Methods 106 pregnant women in the earthquake and none earthquake area were investigated respectively using SAS and SDS. Results The pregnant women's mental status was notably influenced by the earthquake. The incidence of anxiety, depression were higher than that in the non-earthquake area (P < 0.01). The incidence of anxiety, depression among pregnant women whose direct relatives was the earthquake victims were higher(P <0.05). The level of the pregnant women's anxiety and depression status decreased after nursing intervenes (P < 0.01). Conclusions The earthquake hurt the pregnant women's mental health, nurse intervention can improve their anxiety and depression status, make them be in the best mental health and somatic health, help their childbirth and make the mother and newborns heath.