Examining the Relationship between the Gender Perception and Psychosocial Health Status of Pregnant Women

Year 2022, Volume: 4 Issue: 3, 410 - 417, 22.09.2022

Veysel Kaplan , Arzu Kul Uçtu

https://doi.org/10.37990/medr.1112018

Cited By: 2

Abstract

Aim: This descriptive study was conducted to determine the effect of the gender perceptions of pregnant women on their psychosocial health status.
Material and Methods: The study was conducted in the obstetrics service and outpatient clinic of Yozgat Bozok University Hospital between November 2020 and June 2021, and 121 pregnant women were included in the sample. In the study, in which the Individual Identification Form, Pregnancy Psychosocial Health Assessment Scale (PPHA) and the Gender Perceptions Scale (GPS) were used, the data were collected through face-to-face interviews.
Results: The mean age of the pregnant women included in the study was found to be 29.46±6.16. A significant relationship was found between the total mean GPS score of pregnant women and the total mean score of PPHAS. In addition, it was concluded that there was a statistically significant relationship between the mean score of GPS and the subscales of PPHAS, characteristics of spousal relationship, characteristics of anxiety and stress, characteristics of domestic violence, familial characteristics and physical-psychosocial changes related to pregnancy. (p<0.05).
Conclusion: Pregnancy is critical period that can negatively affect the woman biopsychosocially. Therefore, in all health screenings, monitoring and evaluations for psychosocial health should be done with a holistic approach.

Keywords

Gender Perception, Pregnancy, Psychosocial Health

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Thanks

We would like to thank all the women who participated in the research.

Gebe Kadınların Toplumsal Cinsiyet Algıları ve Psikososyal Sağlık Durumları Arasındaki İlişkinin Belirlenmesi

Abstract

Amaç: Bu tanımlayıcı araştırma, gebelerin cinsiyet algılarının psikososyal sağlık durumlarına etkisini belirlemek amacıyla yapılmıştır.
Materyal ve Metot: Çalışma Kasım 2020–Haziran 2021 tarihleri arasında, Yozgat Bozok Üniversitesi Hastanesininin kadın doğum servis ve polikliniğinde yapılmış olup örnekleme 121 gebe dahil edilmiştir. Birey Tanıtım Formu, Gebelikte Psikososyal Sağlık Değerlendirme Ölçeği ve Toplumsal Cinsiyet Algıları Ölçeğinin kullanıldığı çalışmada veriler, yüz yüze görüşmeler ile yapılarak toplanmıştır.
Bulgular: Çalışmaya dahil edilen gebelerin yaş ortalaması 29,46±6,16 olarak tespit edilmiştir. Gebelerin TCAÖ puan ortalaması ile GPSDÖ toplam puan ortalaması arasında anlamlı ilişki tespit edilmiştir. Ayrıca TCAÖ puan ortalaması ile GPSDÖ’nun alt ölçekleri olan eş ilişkisine ait özellikler, kaygı ve strese ait özellikler, aile içi şiddete ait özellikler, ailesel özellikler ve gebeliğe ilişkin fiziksel-psikososyal değişikliklere ait özellikler puan ortalamaları arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir ilişki olduğu sonucuna varılmıştır (p<0,05).
Sonuç: Gebelik, kadın biyopsikososyalini olumsuz etkileyebilecek kritik bir dönemdir. Bu nedenle tüm sağlık taramalarında psikososyal sağlığa yönelik izleme ve değerlendirmeler bütüncül bir yaklaşımla yapılmalıdır.

Keywords

Toplumsal Cinsiyet Algısı, Gebelik, Psikososyal Sağlık

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