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KMID : 0892720070110010086
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Journal of the Korean Society of Maternal and Child Health
2007 Volume.11 No. 1 p.86 ~ p.97
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The Relationship between House Chores and Life Event Stress during Pregnancy
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Nam Sang-Myung
Ha Eun-Hee
Suh Young-Ju
Kim Byung-Mi
Seo Ju-Hee
Ryoo Jae-Hong
Park Hye-Sook
Kim Young-Ju
Jung-Choi Kyunghee
Im Ok-Ryong
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study was performed to examine the relationship between maternal house chores and stress during pregnancy in a pregnant women’s cohort.
Methods: We constructed a pregnant women’s cohort between 2001 and 2006 and surveyed 5,192 women who visited the hospital during their 35th gestational week, with a self-administered questionnaire. We finally obtained 3,467 women for our analysis. This study was approved by tile Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Ewha Womans University Hospital. We preformed multiple logistic regression analyses for the association between the house chores and perceived stress after adjusting for potential confounders.
Results: The higher stress of pregnant women was associated with the lower educational level, lower income, ex-smoking habit, passive smoking, alcohol consumption, coffee intake, and more taking care of children in univariate the analyses. In multiple logistic regression analyses, the intensity of house chores was a significantly related factor of prenatal stress (n=359, OR=2.19, 95% CI:1.51~3.18). There was an increased risk of stress among women who work at home during pregnancy with strong house chores (n=273, ORs=2.35, 95% CI:1.53, 3.61), comparing with those with weak house chores. In case of women who get a job, house chores were not asociated with the risk or stress (n=253, ORs=1.50, 95% CI: 0.73~3.07) and house chores after adjustment for the possible confounding factors such as maternal age, maternal education, paternal education, income, passive smoking, alcohol drinking, remedy, nutrient, vomit, bleeding, general condition, present illness. However, in further analysis, the risk of stress (ORs=4.09, 95% CI: 1.29~12.94) was significantly higher for women who have a job with strong house chores plus physical labor than for those with weak house chores plus physical labor.
Conclusions: We found that house chore was a significant risk factor of prenatal stress in pregnant women. The physical labor of a pregnant woman such as a house chore need to be reduced to decrease the level of the stress of pregnant woman in a pregnancy period. To decrease the level of stress and the strength of the house chores, the social welfare system on paternity leave and childcare facilities, and sharing the house chores might be required.
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KEYWORD
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prenatal stress, pregnant women, house chores, job
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