The relation between life stress and hypertensive complications during pregnancy.
The relationship between life stress and hypertensive complications during pregnancy was studied in 345 women. A questionnaire was answered in the first trimester. The questions concerned education, employment, social network, traumatic experiences, housing conditions and stress of work. In this way a total life stress score for each woman was obtained. Hypertensive disorders, including chronic hypertension, were found in 63 women (18.3%). No significant difference was evident between women with low and high life stress scores with regard to hypertensive disorders during pregnancy. Nor did pressure changes during pregnancy differ between these groups.
Nisell
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Huddinge University Hospital, Sweden.
Larsson
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G
Wager
J
J
D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D004461:Eclampsia / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000523:psychology*; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000523:psychology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000523:psychology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires