Author(s)

Jaime Salvador-Moysén^1*, Blanca Edith Cobián-López², Yolanda Martínez-López¹, Edgar Felipe Lares-Bayona¹, María del Socorro Páez-Güereca²

¹1Academic Group of Public Health and Epidemiology, Institute of Scientific Research, Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango, Durango, México.
¹Academic Group of Public Health and Epidemiology, Institute of Scientific Research, Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango, Durango, México.
²Child Care and Development Center “Francisco Villa”, Durango, México.

Objective: To present the results of a pilot study that evaluated the psycho-emotional well-being, and the perinatal results of a group of 44 women who attended a prenatal program that incorporates playful and educational activities, in a Child Development Center in Durango. Mexico. Methods: A group of 44 women with informed consent participated for 28 weeks in the prenatal program. The condition of psycho-emotional well-being during the first and third trimesters and the perinatal results were analyzed with validated instruments. Physiological stress was also assessed with salivary cortisol in the same trimesters. Results: More than 90% of the women evaluated their psycho-emotional condition as satisfactory and very satisfactory. The evaluation of anxiety in its Trait/State modalities placed the participants in the category of mild and moderate. Salivary cortisol showed values within a normal range. Perinatal results showed that 98% of deliveries were at term, 93% of newborns weighed more than 2500 grams, and 98% of newborns had an APGAR score of 9 at 5 minutes. Conclusion: The results suggest that the incorporation of playful and educational actions to prenatal surveillance positively influenced the biopsychosocial condition of the pregnant woman and favorable perinatal outcomes.

Prenatal Care, Prenatal Education, Playful Activities, Maternal Health, Healthy Pregnancy, Comprehensive Health Care

Salvador-Moysén, J. , Cobián-López, B. , Martínez-López, Y. , Lares-Bayona, E. and Páez-Güereca, M. (2021) Prenatal Playful-Educational Activities, Psycho-Emotional Well-Being of Pregnant Women and Perinatal Outcomes: A Pilot Study. Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 11, 102-116. doi: 10.4236/ojog.2021.112012.