TY - JOUR T1 - The Relationaship of Pre-Term Delivery and Stressful Life Events during Pregnancy TT - زایمان زودرس و ارتباط آن با رویدادهای تنش زای دوران بارداری JF - IJN JO - IJN VL - 22 IS - 57 UR - http://ijn.iums.ac.ir/article-1-613-en.html Y1 - 2009 SP - 77 EP - 86 KW - Pre-term delivery - Stressful life events - Pregnancy N2 -   Background & Aim: Pre-term delivery as a public health problem imposes a great burden on families and society, both financial and physical. Studies have shown that stressful life events are associated with several adverse pregnancy outcomes particularly pre-term labor. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between pre-term delivery and stressful life events during pregnancy.   Material & Method: The study was a correlational study conducted in 2006. In this study, 1237 mothers with singleton pregnancy, between 20 to 42 weeks of gestation without any obstetric complications and/or known physical or psychological disorders and with preterm delivery was selected by continuous sampling method. The instrument was the questionnaire “SRRS” and the data were analyzed with statistical tests.   Results: The findings showed that pre-term delivery was 13.9% among subjects under study. There were associations between Pre-term delivery and sex difficulties (P=0.03), trouble with spouse (P=0.003), change in living conditions (P=0.005), change in sleeping habits (P=0.001), change in the number of people in gatherings (P=0.03), change in eating habits (P=0.04), and the number of events (P=0.03). But, we did not find any significant relationship between pre-term delivery and the intensity of the stresses .   Conclusion: The researcher suggest the establishment of the educational counseling programs for pregnant women in order to ease their hardships regarding bad events and improve their coping abilities against these events    M3 ER -