Association of social capital with mental health and quality of life among low- and high-risk pregnant women

Bahrami, N, Farahani, E, Yousefi, B, Hosseinpour, F, Griffiths, MD ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8880-6524 and Alimoradi, Z, 2023. Association of social capital with mental health and quality of life among low- and high-risk pregnant women. Midwifery, 123: 103727. ISSN 0266-6138

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Abstract

Introduction: Social capital means having resources and support in relationships and social ties. It can affect the individual’s quality of life and mental health. The present study investigated the association between social capital with psychological status and quality of life among low-risk and high-risk pregnant women.

Methods: The present cross-sectional study was conducted with the participation of 394 pregnant women receiving prenatal care in urban comprehensive health centers in Qazvin, Iran. Two-stage sampling was used to select comprehensive health centers by random cluster sampling and then pregnant women randomly. Social capital, quality of life (QoL), psychological status, and demographic and obstetric characteristics were assessed. Uni-variable and multivariable linear regression models were used to analyze the data.

Results: Among the participants, 267 had low-risk pregnancies (67.77%) and the remainder were high-risk. The mean age of participants was 27.94 years (SD=5.86), the mean gestational age was 23.63 weeks (SD=7.71). The mean overall quality of life score among low-risk pregnant women was 32.00 (SD=5.27) and among high-risk pregnant women was 29.70 (SD=3.65). High-risk pregnant women experienced significantly higher anxiety and depression and fear of COVID-19. Social capital had a significant and weak relationship with anxiety among low-risk pregnant women (r=0.22, p<0.001). Also, a weak and significant relationship between social capital and anxiety (r=0.24, p=0.007), depression (r=0.24, p=0.007) and fear of COVID-19 (r=0.27, p=0.002) was found among high-risk pregnant women.

Conclusion: Women with high-risk pregnancies experienced lower quality of life, higher anxiety and depression, and greater fear of COVID-19. There was also a weak relationship between social capital and the aforementioned variables among high-risk pregnant women. Designing and implementing interventions to increase quality of life and reduce anxiety and stress among high-risk pregnant women appears to be warranted.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Midwifery
Creators:	Bahrami, N., Farahani, E., Yousefi, B., Hosseinpour, F., Griffiths, M.D. and Alimoradi, Z.
Publisher:	Elsevier BV
Date:	August 2023
Volume:	123
ISSN:	0266-6138
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1016/j.midw.2023.103727 DOI 1765033 Other
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Laura Ward
Date Added:	25 May 2023 09:47
Last Modified:	23 May 2024 03:00
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/49073

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