caa a22 4500 378880985 CHVBK 20180305123431.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161128e20030514xx s 000 0 eng 10.1515/JPM.2003.029 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)gruyter-10.1515/JPM.2003.029 Prenatal medicine related to stress and depressive reactions ofpregnant women and their partners [Elektronische Daten] [I. Kowalcek, G. Huber, A. Mühlhof, U. Gembruch] Objective: Our study analyses the emotional mood of pregnant women and their partners before various prenatal diagnostic procedures (amniocentesis, ultrasound, chorion villus sampling), and their psychological stress both before and after the diagnostic procedures. Methods:We studied 472 pregnant women and 308 partners. 88 women (18.6%) had an amniocentesis, 344 (72.8%) had ultrasound and 40 (8.5%) a chorionic villus sampling. The German version of the Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale of Hautzinger and the short questionnaire of actual situative perceived stress of Müller were used. Results: Before prenatal examination, the mean level of depression and strain was equal in women and men in all groups (ultrasound, amniocentesis, chorionic villus sampling). Before the start of the prenatal examination the pregnant women had a significantly higher depressive feature on the depression-scale and significantly higher stress score than their partners. After prenatal examination the couples stress differed significantly in the three groups for women and for men. Comparing the stress experienced before and after the prenatal diagnosis revealed both for women and men statistically significant differences. Discussion: The individual experience of prenatal diagnosis is not determined by the invasivity of the procedure. Copyright © 2003 by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG Human reproduction, growth & development nationallicence Gynaecology & obstetrics nationallicence Paediatric medicine nationallicence Kowalcek I. aut Huber G. aut Mühlhof A. aut Gembruch U. aut Journal of Perinatal Medicine Walter de Gruyter 31/3(2003-05-14), 216-224 0300-5577 31:3<216 2003 31 jpme https://doi.org/10.1515/JPM.2003.029 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1515/JPM.2003.029 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kowalcek I. aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Huber G. aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mühlhof A. aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gembruch U. aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Perinatal Medicine Walter de Gruyter 31/3(2003-05-14), 216-224 0300-5577 31:3<216 2003 31 jpme CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-gruyter