A Descriptive Study to Assess the Level of Stress and Anxiety among Pregnancy Induced Hypertension Mothers Attending OBG OPD of HSK Hospital, Bagalkot

Background of the study: Pregnancy Induced Hypertension mother’s is a life crisis affecting patients from all around the world. Pregnancy induced hypertension mother’s experience a tremendous amount of emotional turmoil as the result of their diagnosis. The risk of stress and anxiety is high for pregnancy induced hypertension mother’s. It has been hypothesized since biblical times that stress and anxiety can hamper pregnancy induced hypertension mother’s. this raises one of the most compelling mind/body questions; Does pregnancy induced hypertension mother’s cause stress and anxiety or does stress and anxiety cause pregnancy induced hypertension mother’s. The answer thus far is not clear; The relationship between stress and anxiety of pregnancy induced hypertension mother’s may not have a clear cause and effect direction. It is definitive that pregnancy induced hypertension mother’s leads to significant stress and anxiety that psychological interventions are likely to be associated with decreases in stress and anxiety and increases in pregnancy rates. However the stress and anxiety on treatment outcome is less definitive. Material and methods: The research approach adopted for this study was quantitative research approach and the design used was descriptive research design. The convenience sampling technique was used to select 50 subjects. The tool used for data collection was Cohen’s perceived stress scale and Generalized anxiety scale. Paper pencil technique was used for data collection and data obtained were analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: In test scores, Out of 50 pregnancy induced hypertension mother’s. Highest percentage (50%) of women’s had moderate level of anxiety, (48%) of women’s had mild level of anxiety, (2%) of women’s had minimal level of anxiety, 0% of women’s had severe level of anxiety regarding pregnancy induced hypertension by using GAD scale. In test scores, Out of 50 pregnancy induced hypertension mother’s.