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Advance Nursing Practice 2018
J u n e 2 1 - 2 2 , 2 0 1 8
P a r i s , F r a n c e
Page 38
Journal of Nursing and Health Studies
ISSN 2574-2825
6 t h I n t e r n a t i o n a l C o n f e r e n c e o n
Advance Nursing Practice
Aim: This study aims to investigate the relationship between weight-related
body perception in pregnancy and acceptance of pregnancy.
Method: This cross-sectional study was conducted on n = 185 pregnant women
who applied to a gynaecology-obstetric polyclinic of a university hospital in
Edirne, Turkey. Data were collected with the personal information form prepared
by the researcher according to the literature, the self-perception of pregnants
scale (SPPS) and the prenatal self-evaluation questionnaire (PSEQ).
Results: Average age was found as 29.87±6.43, marriage time was 7.34±6.50,
gestational week was 26.0±8.34, and the average weight they gained during
pregnancy was 9.08±4.11. It was determined that 64.9% of pregnants were
uncomfortable with kilos and 14.6% of them thought that others were
uncomfortable with their kilos. The mean of subscale body perception of
pregnancy (SPSS-BPP) of SPPS was 15.69±5.41, acceptance of pregnancy
subscale of PSEQ (PSEQ-AP) scores were 23.84±14.60. There was a correlation
between SPSS-BPP scores and PSEQ-AP scores of pregnant women (p<0.001).
There was a statistically significant correlation between the age of pregnant
woman, marriage age, the gestational week and the SPSS-BPP with PSEQ-AP
(p<0.05). When comparing the average of educational status of pregnant women,
whether the pregnancy was planned and wished or not, whether care about to
diet or not, feeling uncomfortable to gain weight and thinking someone else is
uncomfortable with their kilos according to body perception of pregnancy and
the acceptance of pregnancy, it was found that the difference was significant
(p<0.05).
Conclusion: As a result of this study, as body perception of pregnancy increases,
also the acceptance of pregnancy increases.
Biography
Sevcan Oz, is a MSc student at the Department of Mental
Health and Psychiatric Nursing at Trakya University and works
as a Res. Asst. at Department of Mental Health and Psychiatric
Nursing of Health Sciences Faculty at Trakya University.
Her interest areas are mental diseases, mental health, and
psychoeducation.
The relationship between weight-related body perception in
pregnancy and acceptance of pregnancy
Sevcan Oz, N Altan Sarıkaya, B Kucukkaya and H Kahyaoglu Sut
Trakya University, Turkey
Sevcan Oz et al., J Nurs Health Stud 2018, Volume: 3
DOI: 10.21767/2574-2825-C3-008