Investigation of body perception in pregnant women according to physical changes in pregnancy     
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Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Bahtışen KARTAL Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Aynur Kızılırmak
Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Ayşegül Zedelenmez
Kapadokya Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Ebru Erdem
Makale Türü Açık Erişim Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü Diğer hakemli uluslarası dergilerde yayınlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı Journal of Contemporary Medicine
Dergi ISSN 2667-7180
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler İndex copernicus, DOAJ, Sobiad
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 12-2018
Cilt No 8
Sayı 4
Sayfalar 356 / 360
DOI Numarası 10.16899/gopctd.447159
Makale Linki https://doi.org/10.16899/gopctd.447159
Özet
Objective Study was conducted to determine the effect of physical changes in pregnancy on their body image.Methods This study was conducted with the pregnant women who applied to polyclinic of a government hospital at a city which in the middle of Turkey, as descriptive. Study was conducted with 300 pregnant women. Data were collected by using an Informative Form and Body Perception Questionnaire. Data were evaluated by using percentage, mean, One-Sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Independent Samples Test and  One-way Anova importance tests with Pearson correlation.Results It is determined that pregnancy mask, stria on abdomen and edema could affect the body image and it was significant as statistically (p<0.05). Low income affected body image (p<0.05), increased number of pregnancy and gestational age affected body image negatively. Again, the body image of pregnant women who lived any health problem was affected negatively (p<0.05) and with increased age body image score increased [r ( 300)=0.166; p p<0,01].Conclusion As a result, physical changes at pregnancy and health problems affect the body image negatively.
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