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[Perception of changes in body weight during pregnancy]
1Výzkumný ústav zdraví dítĕte v Brnĕ.
Insights
This study investigated pregnant women's weight perception and pregnancy attitudes in the Czech Republic. Emotional stability, diet, smoking, and job significantly influenced women's acceptance of weight gain during pregnancy.
Area of Science:
- Perinatal health
- Psychological well-being
- Maternal health
Context:
- The European Longitudinal Study of Pregnancy and Childhood (ELSPAC) in the Czech Republic.
- Focus on pregnant women delivering between March 1991 and June 1992 in Brno and Znojmo districts.
- Utilized data from 7911 women.
Purpose:
- To analyze the relationship between subjective weight perception and pregnancy.
- To investigate maternal attitudes towards pregnancy in early trimesters.
- To identify factors influencing weight gain acceptance during pregnancy.
Summary:
- 12% of women reported significant weight concerns with negative perceptions.
- Negative attitudes towards pregnancy decreased from the first to the second trimester.
- Average weight gain was 11.34 kg, influenced by nutrition, smoking, and employment.
Impact:
- Highlights the importance of emotional stability in accepting pregnancy-related physical changes.
- Identifies key lifestyle factors (diet, smoking, job) affecting maternal well-being.
- Provides insights for targeted support for pregnant women.
Unlabelled:
ELSPAC (European Longitudinal Study of Pregnancy and Childhood) includes in Czech Republic the set of pregnant women who have their permanent address in Brno and Znojmo district with the term of the delivery between March 1991 and June 1992.
Objective:
Wide and repeated anamnestic and clinical investigations of parents and children making possible prospective analyses pregnancy and development of child.
Design:
Prospective study.
Setting:
Research Institute of Child Health, Brno.
Methods:
In the set of 7911 women, the relationship between subjective perception of weight and pregnancy in the first and second trimester was investigated. The data were obtained from two questionnaires filled by pregnant woman and obstetricians.
Results:
In the whole set, 12% of women are concerned with their weight intensively and perception of their weight is rather negative. 5.8% of women show negative relationship to pregnancy at the beginning, in the second trimester it is only the small fragment of all women. The reason for the negative perception of the weight is influenced by somatic, psychic and social aspects. The most important issue is emotional stability. The most common increase in weight was between 8-15 kg, in average 11.34 kg. The increase in weight in pregnancy is, among other reason, mediated by nutrition, smoking and job.
Conclusion:
Physical and psychical changes occur during the pregnancy. One of very evident changes is also increase in weight. The ability to accept this chance depends especially on emotional stability, food, smoking and job of pregnant women.