Abstract:
Introduction: The aim of this study was to investigate the body
perception in pregnant women according to physical changes occurring during pregnancy.
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: Pregnancy mask, abdominal striae, edema, body perception scores were higher in pregnant women and it was significant
as statistically (p<0.05). Body perception scores were found to be
higher in pregnant women with low income and those with health
problems in pregnancy (p<0.05). In addition, body perception
scores increased as the age increased [r(300)=0.166; p p<0.01].
Discussion and Conclusion: As a result, body perception scores
of women, who experienced some physical changes during pregnancy, increased.
