MATERNAL PSYCHOSOCIAL STRESS AND LABOR DYSTOCIA

Abstract

The aim: to study the possible role of psychosocial stressors in the emergence of anomalies of childbirth, as well as to examine their nature using the example of pregnant women who have been forcefully displaced from Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine. Materials and methods: 115 internally displaced pregnant women from Donetsk and Luhansk regions, were surveyed. All women underwent a comprehensive neuropsychological examination of their psycho-emotional status via interviews, questioning, and psychological testing (Spielberg-Haning’s Situational and Personal Anxiety Scale). The following analysis of the childbirth process’ nature was conducted. Results: The prevalence of high level of situational and personal anxiety by the Spielberg-Haning’s test were determined in the internally displaced women. This indicates a high level of social anxiety (stress) in these pregnant women.