title: Relation between quality of life and mental health in pregnant women with prior pregnancy loss.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This paper intends to compare quality of life (QoL) and mental health among pregnant women with and without previous pregnancy loss.
  
  
  METHODS
  An analytical cross-sectional study was conducted on 409 women between the 16th and 30th weeks of gestation in health centers in Ahvaz, Iran, including 145 women with prior pregnancy loss (group 1) and 264 women without such history (group 2). Data were collected using the QoL Short Form-36 questionnaire, the Mental Health Questionnaire 25 and a questionnaire for assessing sociodemographic variables. Data were analyzed using spss version 22. Results were analyzed using the χ2-test, the Student's t-test and logistic regression. P < 0.05 was defined as statistically significant.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was a significant difference between the two groups in respect to QoL and mental health. Women with previous pregnancy loss had lower scores in total and in all subscales of the QoL Short Form-36 (P < 0.001) and higher scores in total and in six out of the nine subscales of the Mental Health Questionnaire 25 compared to women without these histories.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Women with history of spontaneous abortion and stillbirth seem to have poorer QoL and mental health during their subsequent pregnancy than those without such experience.
authors.affiliation: Department of Midwifery, Reproductive Health Promotion Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Islamic Republic of Iran.
authors.forename: Zahra
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Abbaspoor
authors.affiliation: Department of Midwifery, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Islamic Republic of Iran.
authors.forename: Parvanah Sarparast
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Razmju
authors.affiliation: Department of Midwifery, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Islamic Republic of Iran. hekmat1346@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Kadijah
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hekmat
mesh_terms: D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous / Q000523:psychology*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011788:Quality of Life; D050497:Stillbirth / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: adverse pregnancy outcomes; fetal loss; mental health; quality of life