Women's Health Nursing (여성건강간호학회지)
- Volume 4 Issue 3
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- Pages.429-440
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- 1998
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- 3022-7666(pISSN)
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- 3022-8247(eISSN)
A Study on Pregnant Women's Fatigue
임신중 피로에 관한 조사연구
- Park, Young-Sook (College of Nursing, Seoul National Univ.) ;
- Lee, Hae-Kyung (Dept. of Nursing, College of Medicine, Kangwon National Univ.) ;
- Lee, Eun-Hee (Dept. of Nursing, Wonju Junior College) ;
- Um, Young-Rhan (Dept. of Nursing, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang Univ.) ;
- Kang, Nam-Mi (Dept. of Nursing, College of Medicine, Konkuk Univ.) ;
- Lee, Sook-Hee (Dept. of Nursing, Seokang Junior College) ;
- Hur, Myung-Hang (Dept. of Nursing, Kimchun Junior College) ;
- Kim, Hae-Won (Dept. of Nursing, Kwan Dong Univ.)
- 박영숙 (서울대학교 간호대학) ;
- 이혜경 (강원대학교 간호학과) ;
- 이은희 (원주전문대학) ;
- 엄영란 (순천향대학교 간호학과) ;
- 강남미 (건국대학교 간호학과) ;
- 이숙희 (서강전문대학 간호과) ;
- 허명행 (김천과학대학 간호과) ;
- 김혜원 (관동대학교 간호학과)
- Published : 1998.12.30
Abstract
A survey was conducted to examine the fatigue and the related factors in pregnancy. 426 pregnant women were recruited from antenatal clinic at 8 hospital from November 1, 1997 to January 1, 1998. Fatigue was measured by the Modification of the Fatigue Symptoms Checklist(MFSC) developed by the Industrial Fatigue Research Committee of the Japanese Association of Industrial health(Yoshitake, 1978). The MFSC consisted of 34 items with 4-point Likert scale. Minor discomfort during pregnancy was measured using a 14-item checklist with 4-point Likert scale. The data were analyzed by percentage, t-test, ANOVA and Pearson correlation. The major findings of study were as follows : 1. The average fatigue score during pregnacy was 63.02 and the average minor discomfort score was 26.92. 2. The fatigue score of nullipara was significantly lower than that of mutipara. There was a significant difference of fatigue score between pregnant women with conjugal family and those with extended family. The fatigue score during 1st trimester was the highest in comparison with that of 2nd and 3rd trimester of pregnancy. 3. The fatigue score of pregnant women who worked for house-keeping only was significantly lower than that of pregnant women who worked partially or did not work for house-keeping. 4. There were significant correlations among each type of measure of fatigue and discomfort. Fatigue was the most common symptom during pregnancy and related to type of family, house-keeping work, and parity. Nursing intervention such as self-car, relaxation, and nutrition would be developed to manage fatigue problem in pregnancy.