[Assessment of anxiety in women during puerperium].
OBJECTIVE
Many women experience various emotional disorders during puerperium characterized by high levels of anxiety.


OBJECTIVE
To analyse the level of anxiety in women during puerperium depending on age, education, marital status, number of pregnancies, route of delivery, and family situation.


METHODS
We enrolled 120 women between day 10 and 15 of puerperium without any previous psychiatric disorders. Pregnancy, delivery, and puerperium were without any morbidity and the newborns were healthy. The level of anxiety was measured using C. D. Spilberger's State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI).


RESULTS
The level of anxiety as a trait in women during puerperium was within normal limits, whereas the level of anxiety as a state was elevated. Primipara and women up to 20 years of age require special attention during psycho-preventive treatment due to increased level of anxiety as a trait during puerperium. Employment and family situation determine the level of anxiety as a state after delivery.


CONCLUSIONS
Identification of women with a higher level of anxiety as a state during puerperium may provoke early medical intervention in this group of women and thus contribute to improvement in the quality of life of the woman and conditions for future development of the neonate.
Wiktor
Henryk
H
Zakład Połoznictwa, Ginekologii i Pielgniarstwa Poloiniczo-Ginekologicznego Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Lublinie Al. Racławickie 1, 20-059 Lublin.
Lewicka
Magdalena
M
Humeniuk
Ewa
E
Gulanowska-Gedek
Beata
B
Wiktor
Krzysztof
K
Kanadys
Katarzyna
K
D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*; D019052:Depression, Postpartum / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004522:Educational Status; D004651:Employment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D017533:Marital Status; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D010298:Parity; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012307:Risk Factors