Abstract
Purpose : To critically examine the psycho-social aspects of women during the periods from the third trimester of pregnancy through two years after childbirth. This study report presents the psycho-social aspects of women during the third trimester of pregnancy. Design : Fifteen OB-GYN clinics were conducted in order to collect data. (Eight clinics in Sapporo-City and seven general hospital outpatient services in Hokkaido area.) Consent for study participation was obtained from sample of 467 pregnants over 28 week of gestation. The data of summarization here was obtained from late in March through early May 2000. Methods : The participants completed questionnaires delivered at their clinics. Completed questionnaires were returned by mail. The survey developed by the investigators was consisted of "29 items for Maternal Concerns Questionnaire" (MCQ), "Self Esteem" (SE) by Rosenberg (1965) and "Tendency to Mental Depression of Postpartum Women" (EPDS) by Edinburgh. Result: 1) 61.5% of these samples of the pregnant women were primiparas and 38.5% were multipras. Their age average was 28.9 years. The percentiles the employee were 28.0%, housewives were 70.8%, and nuclear family was 83.0%. 2) The correlation between MCQ and EPDS was 0.618, MCQ and SE was-0.445. The percentile of the Planned-pregnancy was 43.9% and the non-planned were23.3%. 3) 59.8% of the participant women had support from their own mother, and 43.4% had support from their husband. 4) According to the survey result pregnant women scored high for five significant items of MCQ, "Supports of their husbands for child-rearing", "The feeling of husbands' their presence", "Body Images, getting back in figure", and "losing the body weight before pregnancy". 5) Primiparas and non-planned pregnants showed a higher score for MCQ.
