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Özlem Kayabaşi1, Şengül Yaman Sözbir1
1Faculty of Health Sciences, Nursing Department, Ob/Gyn Nursing, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.
Background:
The stress experienced during pregnancy and the decrease in marital satisfaction affects the quality of life of the woman negatively.
Objective:
This study conducted to determine the quality of life and the relationship with perceived stress and marital satisfaction in pregnant women with ART.
Methods:
This study is a descriptive and corelational study. The study sample consisted of 120 pregnant women with ART. The patient descriptive form, the Married Life Scale (SWML), The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and The Fertility Quality of Life (FertiQoL) were used for data collection in this study.
Results:
The mean of the total score of PSS was 16.38 ± 4,721, the mean score of SWML was 23.03 ± 4.42 and the mean of the total score of FertiQoL was 81,25 ± 17,56. There was a moderate negative correlation (r = -0,551, p = 0,001) between the total score of the FertiQol and the total score of PSS and there was a moderate positive correlation (r = 0,452, p = 0,001) between FertiQol total score and SWML.
Conclusion:
This study found that the rate of perceived stress affected the quality of life negatively and marital satisfaction affected the quality of life positively in pregnant women with ART.
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