Asian Journal of Nursing Education and Research
  • Year: 2022
  • Volume: 12
  • Issue: 3

Factors contributing to stress in pregnant women and its outcome - A narrative review

1Ph.D. Scholar, Department of Psychiatric Nursing, LGB Regional Institute of Mental Health, Tezpur, Assam, India

2Professor cum Head of the Department Department of Psychiatric Nursing, LGB Regional Institute of Mental Health, Tezpur, Assam, India

*Corresponding Author Email: pallavitalukdar09@gmail.com

Online published on 3 March, 2023.

Abstract

A pregnant woman who is stressed during her pregnancy, her child is likely to have emotional, cognitive, behavioural problems in the future. The aim of this review was to have an understanding of stress and its impact on pregnant women and their unborn children. Google Scholar and PubMed were utilized for selecting 20 papers written in the English language. Through this narrative review, it was found that maternal stress was related to a number of factors and it affects the emotional, psycho-behavioural aspects of the child. Hence, awareness on part of the health care providers is essential.

Keywords

Stress, Pregnant women, Tension, Antenatal mother, Pregnancy, Outcome