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Article

Health-Related Quality of Life in Pregnant Women during the First Trimester in Northern Spain: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study

by
Cristian Martín-Vázquez
1,
Rubén García-Fernández
2,*,
Natalia Calvo-Ayuso
1,
María Cristina Martínez-Fernández
2,
Cristina Liébana-Presa
2 and
José David Urchaga-Litago
3
1
Department of Nursing and Physiotherapy, Campus de Ponferrada, Universidad de León, 24401 León, Spain
2
SALBIS Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing and Physiotherapy, Campus de Ponferrada, Universidad de León, 24401 León, Spain
3
Faculty of Communication, Pontifical University of Salamanca, 37002 Salamanca, Spain
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Healthcare 2023, 11(10), 1424; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11101424
Submission received: 11 April 2023 / Revised: 6 May 2023 / Accepted: 11 May 2023 / Published: 14 May 2023
(This article belongs to the Section Women’s and Children’s Health)
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Abstract

Background: Achieving the optimal quality of life is currently a health challenge for the world’s population. Pregnancy is a stressful period of life that affects women’s quality of life. Aims: This study aimed to describe and analyse the health-related quality of life in pregnant women during their first trimester in a health area in the north of Spain. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out. A total of 359 women completed the 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey. Results: The sample consisted of 57.9% primiparous women, 30% had experienced a previous abortion, and 7.2% were foreign women. The mean age was 33.53 years. The sum of the physical and mental component values was below 50 points. Notably, 4.17% of women reported a worsening of their health in the last year, and 28.69% had an increased depression risk. Conclusion: Being a foreigner, prenatal abortion, previous caesarean section, previous children, or assisted reproduction techniques are the variables that have a negative association with some dimensions of quality of life in pregnant women.
Keywords: pregnancy; SF-36; quality of life; health pregnancy; SF-36; quality of life; health

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Martín-Vázquez, C.; García-Fernández, R.; Calvo-Ayuso, N.; Martínez-Fernández, M.C.; Liébana-Presa, C.; Urchaga-Litago, J.D. Health-Related Quality of Life in Pregnant Women during the First Trimester in Northern Spain: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study. Healthcare 2023, 11, 1424. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11101424

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Martín-Vázquez C, García-Fernández R, Calvo-Ayuso N, Martínez-Fernández MC, Liébana-Presa C, Urchaga-Litago JD. Health-Related Quality of Life in Pregnant Women during the First Trimester in Northern Spain: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study. Healthcare. 2023; 11(10):1424. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11101424

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Martín-Vázquez, Cristian, Rubén García-Fernández, Natalia Calvo-Ayuso, María Cristina Martínez-Fernández, Cristina Liébana-Presa, and José David Urchaga-Litago. 2023. "Health-Related Quality of Life in Pregnant Women during the First Trimester in Northern Spain: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study" Healthcare 11, no. 10: 1424. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11101424

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Martín-Vázquez, C., García-Fernández, R., Calvo-Ayuso, N., Martínez-Fernández, M. C., Liébana-Presa, C., & Urchaga-Litago, J. D. (2023). Health-Related Quality of Life in Pregnant Women during the First Trimester in Northern Spain: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study. Healthcare, 11(10), 1424. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11101424

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