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KMID : 0606420100160030234
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Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing
2010 Volume.16 No. 3 p.234 ~ p.244
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Stress and Coping Style of High-risk Pregnant Women’s Spouses
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Lee Ju-Young
Choi Euy-Soon
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Abstract
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Purpose This study determined the level of stress and type of coping style of spouses with high-risk pregnant women.
Methods Subjects were 102 spouses with high-risk pregnant women at 6 hospitals in Seoul and Gyeonggi province from January to August, 2009. The tools for this study were stress scale and coping scale. The data were analyzed by t-test, ANOVA, Scheffe’s test and Pearson’s correlation coefficient.
Results The average score of subjects stress was 2.18 and coping score was 2.46 point out of 4.00. The highest score of stress categories was 2.44 point in emotional problems and the lowest score was 1.72 in communication and support resources. The stress level was significant differences according to length of marriage, number of hospital visits, satisfaction with marriage relationship, hospitalization days and gestational age respectively. Spouses tended to use an active coping style (2.60) rather than a passive coping style (2.31). There were significant differences according to mother’s age and gestational age in active coping and educational level in passive coping.
Conclusion Considering the level of stress coping style and characteristics of high-risk pregnant women’s spouses, a nursing intervention should be provided to help them alleviate stress and to encourage active coping.
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KEYWORD
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High-risk pregnancy, Spouses, Psychological stress
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