Omer H, Elizur Y, Barnea T, Friedlander D, Palti Z
J Psychosom Res. 1986;30(5):559-65. doi: 10.1016/0022-3999(86)90028-0.
Two studies on the relationship of psychological variables and premature labour were conducted. The first was a retrospective comparison of psychopathological tendencies, attitudes towards pregnancy, physical complaints during pregnancy and perceived marital and social support, between a group of women who had premature labour and a group of women with term deliveries without premature contractions. Data were collected a few months after deliveries to neutralize bias caused by anxiety for newborns' condition and by proximity in time to the trauma of premature delivery. The second study was a prospective one in which the target category included not only women who delivered prematurely but also women who developed premature contractions but delivered at term. In this study we examined trait and state anxiety, mothers' attitudes towards pregnancy and physical complaints during pregnancy. Results showed that psychopathological tendencies were linked to premature labour and premature contractions. No differences were found concerning perceived social support or mothers' attitudes towards pregnancy.
开展了两项关于心理变量与早产关系的研究。第一项是对一组早产女性和一组足月分娩且无早产宫缩的女性在心理病理倾向、对怀孕的态度、孕期身体不适以及感知到的婚姻和社会支持方面进行回顾性比较。在分娩后几个月收集数据，以消除因对新生儿状况的焦虑以及早产创伤时间临近所导致的偏差。第二项研究是前瞻性研究，其目标类别不仅包括早产的女性，还包括出现早产宫缩但足月分娩的女性。在这项研究中，我们考察了特质焦虑和状态焦虑、母亲对怀孕的态度以及孕期身体不适。结果表明，心理病理倾向与早产和早产宫缩有关。在感知到的社会支持或母亲对怀孕的态度方面未发现差异。
