ANXIETY, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY LEVELS, AND HISTORY OF PREGNANCY LOSS IN A PUBLIC MATERNITY HOSPITAL IN RONDÔNIA, NORTHERN BRAZIL

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A high-risk pregnancy is a cycle in which the life or health of the mother and/or the fetus and/or the newborn has a greater chance of being affected. To analyze the relationship between anxiety and physical activity and the history of pregnancy loss in high-risk pregnant women. Descriptive, quantitative, and documentary study, with a sample of 339 high-risk pregnant women admitted to the maternity ward at Hospital de Base with high blood pressure and/or diabetes. Data was collected using the following research instruments: a sociodemographic questionnaire, the International Physical Activity Questionnaire, the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), and a form for recording other information. In the relationship between anxiety and pregnancy loss, in the group of pregnant women with a history of pregnancy loss, the level of severe anxiety predominated. In pregnant women without a history of loss, there was a higher prevalence of mild anxiety. In the relationship between the level of anxiety and the level of physical activity, it was observed that anxiety levels were independent of the practice of physical activity. Similarity was observed between the anxiety classification and the physical activity level of pregnant women, and the absence of similarity between the variable anxiety and the history of pregnancy loss. Pregnant women with a history of previous losses showed the most severe level of anxiety. The physical activity variable demonstrated a low influence on the anxiety level of pregnant women. These findings indicate that, although the development of anxiety is multifactorial, the fact that the pregnancy was not planned and having a history of previous pregnancies (Euclidean Similarity Index) may be factors of greater influence and chance of developing the condition.