Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing

Aarti N. Nagpal ¹, Meera Padhy ¹

Affiliations
1 Centre for Health Psychology, University of Hyderabad, Telangana, IN

Abstract

The objective of the study was to find out the difference in Illness Perception and Well-Being among three groups of hypertensive patients based on their duration of illness and to explore the relationship between the two dependent variables. A between-subjects design was adopted and 150 individuals were purposely selected and divided into three groups, based on their duration of illness, viz. less than one year, between one and five years and more than five years. The Illness Perception Questionnaire-Revised and Well-Being Self Assessment was used to measure the variables. The data was analysed using one-way ANOVA, post-hoc test and Pearson's Product-moment correlation. The three groups were found to differ significantly on the overall score of illness perception and well being and the seven dimensions of illness perception. Pair-wise comparisons of Tukey's HSD revealed that illness perception and well-being was better in the group diagnosed with more hypertension for more than five years. There was also a significant positive correlation between the two dependent variables, illness perception and well-being.

Keywords

Illness Perception, Well Being, Hypertensive Patients.

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N. D. S. Naga Seema ¹, Aarti N. Nagpal ², G. B. Shravanti ³

Affiliations
1 Centre for Health Psychology, University of Hyderabad, Central University Campus PO, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, Telangana, IN
2 ICSSR, Centre for Health Psychology, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Telangana, IN
3 Department of Liberal Arts, IIT, Hyderabad, Telangana, IN

Abstract

Pregnancy is a complex psychophysiological process. The presence of obesity and stress increases the complexity in pregnant women. Therefore, the present study attempted to find out the level of perceived stress and examine the prenatal psychosocial risk in obese and non-obese women during their first trimester. Basing on a between-group survey design, 60 young pregnant women (30 obese & 30 non-obese) in their first trimester were selected. The Perceived Stress Scale and Prenatal Psychosocial Profile Scale were administered individually. The results revealed that the perception of stress of both obese and non-obese pregnant women was similar during first trimester. The findings showed that the obese pregnant women experienced significantly higher prenatal psychosocial risk compared to their non-obese participants. The condition of obesity was found to have large effect on the prenatal psychosocial risk. The implications and shortcoming were also discussed.

Keywords

Trimester, Perceived Stress, Prenatal Psychosocial Risk, Obesity.

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