DOI: 10.62425/esbder.1580119 ISSN: 2687-2110

The Relationship Between Health Literacy and Perceived Stress Among Pregnant Women: A Correlation Study

Esra Kılıç, Ebru Şahin
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Objective: The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between perceived prenatal stress and health literacy in pregnant women.Methods: This descriptive and correlational study included, who applied to the obstetrics clinic had a pregnancy of 36 weeks or more, a total of 368 pregnant women who had no communication barriers and volunteered to participate in the study were recruited. Personal Information Form, Antenatal Perceived Stress Inventory (APSI) and Health Literacy Scale (HLS) were used as data collection tools.Results: The mean age of the pregnant women was 28.33±5.10 years. It was determined that 35.3% of the pregnant women were university graduates, 52.7% were housewives, and 73.6% lived in a nuclear family. It was determined that the mean APSI score of the pregnant women was 2.09±0.68, and the mean HLS score was 98.79±17.94.Conclusion: It was determined that there was a statistically significant, positive, and low-level relationship between the APSI score average of the pregnant women and the HLS score average (r=0.177). As the level of health literacy increases in pregnant women, perceived prenatal stress also increases.

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