Anxiety and Coping Style between Successful Pregnancy and Non-Successful Pregnancy Regarding Recurrent Abortion

Behzad  Ghorbani; Saeedeh  Oliyaee; Zahra  Sehat

doi:10.18502/jsbch.v7i1.12792

Behzad Ghorbani Nanbiotechnology Research Center Avicenna Research Institute, Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research, Tehran, Iran
Saeedeh Oliyaee Avicenna Infertility Clinic, Avicenna Research Institute, Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research, Tehran, Iran
Zahra Sehat Avicenna Infertility Clinic, Avicenna Research Institute, Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research, Tehran, Iran

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18502/jsbch.v7i1.12792

Keywords: Abortion, Anxiety, Stress, Pregnancy

Abstract

Background: Abortion is a problem with which all societies are dealing all over the world, having psycho-social consequences. The aim of the present study is to investigate the anxiety and coping style between successful pregnancy and non-successful pregnancy regarding recurrent abortion

Methods: 50 women of 20-45, into 5 to 20 weeks of pregnancy, with at least 2 recurrent abortions were surveyed at Avicenna infertility center in Tehran, Iran. Kattel Anxiety and Lazarus Stress questionnaires were completed, and the outcome of pregnancies was followed up. All data analysis was performed by SPSS 22 software.

Results: In this study, 32 women successfully passed the 20th week, and 18 women had a miscarriage. The mean score of anxiety in women with recurrent abortion with unsuccessful pregnancies was 12.56 (SD = 1.886) and with successful pregnancies, it was 7.38 (SD = 2.780). The mean score of anxiety for unknown abortion was 12.21, and for immunological, abortion was 6.89. 8.48 were related to abortion because of other reasons. 33% of the variance in stress coping strategy was related to women with recurrent abortion. The anxiety level of women suffering from recurrent miscarriages in secondary recurrent miscarriage (11.67) was higher than primary abortion (7.88). There was a difference between the anxiety of women suffering from recurrent miscarriages and a history of four miscarriages and two miscarriages. This was statistically significant (P < 0.0005).

Conclusion: The anxiety level of pregnant women that have recurrent abortion history and abortion outcome is more than they have successful pregnancies outcome. Therefore, anxiety can be considered one of the factors influencing recurrent abortion. Therefore, anxiety can be considered one of the factors influencing recurrent abortion.