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Prenatal attachment & socio-demographic and clinical factors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

L.S. Meddouri ,
S. Bourgou ,
R. Fakhfakh ,
D. Bousnina ,
A. Triki  and
A. Belhadj
L.S. Meddouri*
Affiliation:
Child And Adolescent, Mongi Slim Hospital, La Marsa, Tunisia
S. Bourgou
Affiliation:
Child And Adolescent, Mongi Slim Hospital, La Marsa, Tunisia
R. Fakhfakh
Affiliation:
Preventive Medecine, Aberahman Mami, ariana, Tunisia
D. Bousnina
Affiliation:
Preventive And Social Medecine, mother infant protection center, ezzouhour, Tunisia
A. Triki
Affiliation:
Gynecology And Obstetrics, Mongi Slim Hospital, La Marsa, Tunisia
A. Belhadj
Affiliation:
Child And Adolescent, Mongi Slim Hospital, La Marsa, Tunisia
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

A pregnant woman’s bond with her fetus and the quality of the prenatal attachment can be determined by numerous variables.

Objectives

Determine the socio-demographic and clinical factors’ effect on prenatal attachment.

Methods

We conducted a transversal descriptive study in a first line clinical practice center and in an university gynecology-obstetrics department. The Prenatal Attachment Inventory (PAI) was used to assess maternal-fetal attachment.

Results

For the 125 pregnant women that participated in our study, 99,2% were married with consanguinity for 14,4%. The mean marriage duration was 4 years and 3 months. Women were illiterate in 3,2% and more than the half (54,4 %) were unemployed. On average, the current pregnancy was their second one. Pregnancy was spontaneous in 85,6%, unplanned in 71,2% and not desired in 29,6%. Sex of the fetus was not desired by the mother in 40,8%. Dysgravidia complicated 32% of the pregnancies with hospitalization in 25,6%. Fetal health problems were detected in 7,2%. A psychiatric trouble has been reported by 4% of the pregnancies. The total score of PAI ranged from 27 to 82 in our sample. We found a statistically significant negative correlation between PAI and duration of marriage (p=0,012); PAI and gestation number (p=0,039) ; and a correlation between PAI and the planning of the pregnancy (p=0,030).

Conclusions

Socio-demographic and clinical factors should be taken in consideration while evaluating pregnant women at risk of perinatal psychological difficulties.

Conflict of interest

No significant relationships.

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European Psychiatry , Volume 64 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 29th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2021 , pp. S206 - S207
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