Review shows how pregnancy-specific stress and coping styles impact health-related quality of life among pregnant women, suggesting new strategies for enhancement.
The paper examines a review of influence of pregnancy-specific stress and coping styles on health-related quality of life among pregnant women. Health is one of the most valued qualities of existence, along with life satisfaction and wellbeing. Even in normal pregnancies, women experience subtle changes that may alter their ability to carry out their usual roles and may detract from their overall health-related quality of life. This paper reviews the meaning of health, quality of life, health-related quality of life, pregnancy-specific stress (PSS) and health-related quality of life and coping styles and health-related quality of life. The paper recommends among many that health personnel at hospitals (public and private hospitals) should encourage the pregnant women in adopting coping styles suitable for them in order to enhance their health-related quality of life. Also, during antenatal lectures emphasis should be placed on how psychological factors like pregnancy specific stress and coping styles can influence health-related quality of life of pregnant.
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