A Study on Psychological Stress During Pregnancy in District Hospital Chamarajanagara

Stress including chronic strain perceived stress, perceived realism, and neighborhood or community stressors. All five of the studies on chronic strain, measured either in general or in specific forms such as homelessness severity or household strain, show effects on preterm birth. These are mostly retrospective or case control studies, but some involve controlled prospective analyses in larger samples of high-risk women. There are a few studies in the literature that used combined measures of stress to test effects on preterm birth overall, they are mixed in their findings about half show effects of unique composite indices on gestational age or preterm birth and the other half do not. For example, 130 pregnant women were followed throughout pregnancy with multiple measures of stress. This stress composite predicted earlier delivery as well as low birth weight with medical risk factors controlled, including smoking