Chitra Nayek¹* and Debjani Banerjee²

¹Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The West Bengal Health University, India
²Department of Mental Health, The West Bengal Health University, India

*Corresponding Author: Chitra Nayek, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The West Bengal Health University, India.

Received: February 19, 2024; Published: February 29, 2024

Abstract

A descriptive study was conducted on the assessment of quality of life among primigravid women attending in a selected Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal. The objectives of the study were to determine the quality of life, to identify association between quality of life and primigravid women and to find out the association between quality of life and selected demographic variables among primigravid women. Non-experimental research design was used. Total 150 sample were taken purposive sampling technique. The present study revealed that most (60.0%) of the primigravid women belong 18-21 years of age (38.7%). secondary education, (34.7%) are monthly family income about 9000-12000, (89.3%) are belonging as housewife, (96.7%) have no abortion history, (46.0%) are belonging in 3rd trimester and 97.5% primigravid women have no unpleasant event in pregnancy. There was statistically significant association was only seen with family type (χ 2 ,1,0.05 = 3.83) and trimester of pregnancy (χ 2 ,1,0.05 = 5.78) with difficulty in cognitive difficulty those primi gravid women. Out of total 67 (44.7%) women felt frequently/always cognitive difficulties, 56 (37.3%) Social Relations difficulties, 50 (33.3%) psychological difficulties and about 8(32.0%) difficulty in Physical activities in primigravid women. The present study has an important implications on nursing practice and nursing education to promote adequate quality of life in first time pregnant women and also enhances support system for maintenance of quality with the different stages of trimester.

Keywords: Assess; Quality of life; Pregnancy; Primigravida

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Citation

Citation: Chitra Nayek and Debjani Banerjee. “Assess the Quality of Life in Primigravid Women attending in selected Medical College & Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal". Acta Scientific Gastrointestinal Disorders 7.3 (2024): 17-20.

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Copyright: © 2024 Chitra Nayek and Debjani Banerjee. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.