Quality of life and tools of assessment in maternal health
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https://doi.org/10.33233/eb.v12i6.3779Keywords:
quality of life; pregnancy; evaluation of research programs and tools; prenatal; postnatalAbstract
Quality of life is a construct that has assumed great importance in recent years, there is a concomitant increase in the number of instruments to measure quality of life. During pregnancy some instruments are used in the pre-natal and post-partum, among them we have generic or specific instruments, in different countries and sporadically. We conducted a literature review of national and international scientific articles aiming at to clarifying the issue at hand. Thus, a total of 140 articles were selected, but only 10 answered to the central research question. The categories that emerged were: the quality of life of the pregnant woman and the symptoms of nausea and vomiting, sexual violence, symptoms of depression, adaptation to pregnancy and the perception of the pregnant woman regarding her quality of life in general. We concluded that this study may contribute to stimulate the use of instruments for quality of life in pregnant women, to acquire subsidies, for implementation of programs and appropriate care strategies and intervention to the reality of pregnant women.
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