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<Articles JournalTitle="Iranian Journal of Psychiatry">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Iranian Journal of Psychiatry</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>1735-4587</Issn>
      <Volume>15</Volume>
      <Issue>2</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2020</Year>
        <Month>03</Month>
        <Day>27</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">The Relationship between Quality of Life and Physical Activity, Worry, Depression, and Insomnia in Pregnant Women</title>
    <FirstPage>159</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>168</LastPage>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Davoud</FirstName>
        <LastName>Adham</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Public Health, School of Health, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Malek</FirstName>
        <LastName>Abazari</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Public Health, School of Public Health, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2019</Year>
        <Month>12</Month>
        <Day>19</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Objective: Physical activity (PA), insomnia, depression, and worry were the key factors affecting pregnant women&#x2019;s quality of life (QoL). The present study aimed to determine quality of life and its relationship with physical activity, insomnia, depression, and worry in pregnant women.
Method: This was an observational cross sectional study, conducted among 256 healthy pregnant women using 5 questionnaires: WHOQOL-brief (WHO Quality of Life Questionnaire, brief version, ISI (Insomnia Severity Index), PSWQ (Penn State Worry Questionnaire), ZSRDS (Zung Self-Rating depression Scale), and Pregnancy Physical Activity Questionnaire (PPAQ).
Results: There was a significant relationship between general QoL, insomnia, and worry with educational background, number of children, and occupation (P &lt; 0.05). Depression had a significant relationship with occupation (P &lt; 0.05). PA did not have a significant relationship with demographic information. However, insomnia had a significantly negative relationship with general QoL, general health, and psychological health (P &lt; 0.05). The worry variable had also a significant negative relationship with general QoL, general health, and physiological health (P &lt; 0.05). Depression had a significant negative relationship with general health, physical health, and psychological health (P &lt; 0.05). There was no significant relationship between physical activities in pregnancy with QoL, depression, worry, and insomnia.
Conclusion: Women need to be informed about the necessity of controlling and reducing insomnia, worry, and depression to have a higher QoL. PA declined during the second and third trimester of pregnancy. However, PA in pregnancy can positively impact general QoL.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://ijps.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijps/article/view/1989</web_url>
    <pdf_url>https://ijps.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijps/article/download/1989/914</pdf_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
