Relationship between stress and self-esteem of pregnant women during prenatal care

Abstract

Objective: Analyzing the components of the psychosocial profile of pregnant women during prenatal care. Methods: a quantitative and analytical study performed with 160 pregnant women between the ages of 14 and 47 assisted at a reference hospital in Maranhão, in 2017. Results: the majority of pregnant women were between 19 and 35 years of age (48.75%); attended to 0-5 prenatal appointments (40.65%), and were nulliparous (43.13%). The linear regression analysis evidenced the influence of stress due to financial and family-related problems; the items that most explained the construct of self-esteem were feeling that they are not a failure and feeling satisfied with themselves; Pearson's correlation of stress and self-esteem was negative and had a significantly strong influence. Conclusion: the stress among the psychosocial factors is the one that most influences prenatal changes probably in self-esteem because when related to stress it showed a negative relation.