TY - JOUR ID - TI - Anxiety during Pregnancy among Women Attending Al- Karkh PHC Centers, Baghdad AU - Marwa Salah Jebur AU - Sawsan Ghazi Jassim AU - Mazin Ghazi Al-Rubaey PY - 2021 VL - 34 IS - 2 SP - 57 EP - 63 JO - IRAQI JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY MEDICINE المجلة العراقية لطب المجتمع SN - 16845382 AB - Background: Prenatal maternal anxiety is significant because of increasingly strong evidence that women who experience high stress or anxiety during pregnancy are more likely to deliver preterm or low birth-weight infants, autistic disorder, schizophrenia, and depression in infancy and childhood. Objectivess: To assess the prevalence of anxiety during Pregnancy among women attending Al Karkh PHC Centers, Baghdad, and to study its associated factors.Methodology: This study is a cross-sectional with analytic components conducted among 500 pregnant women from Baghdad city, Al-Karkh directorate Primary Heath Care Centers during the period extended between 1.st of August 2020 until 31th of March 2021. A simple random sampling used to select the PHC centers from each sector in Al Karkh directorate. Interview was done with each woman with three Questionnaire ( sociodemographic , Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder (fourth edition) and Pregnancy related anxiety questionnaire) Results: The mean age was 26.63 6.811years. There were 145 (29%) pregnant women live in rural area and 355 (71%) live in urban area. There were 155 (31%) anxious women, 21% with mild anxiety.There was a significant association with previous abortions, null parity, less parity. In addition, rural area pregnant women, younger pregnant women and the unemployed pregnant women were more anxious.Conclusion: There was relatively high prevalence of anxiety during pregnancy among women attending Al Karkh PHC Centers (31%), 21% with mild anxiety.Key words: Anxiety, Pregnancy, Baghdad

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