TITLE:
Prenatal Playful-Educational Activities, Psycho-Emotional Well-Being of Pregnant Women and Perinatal Outcomes: A Pilot Study
AUTHORS:
Jaime Salvador-Moysén, Blanca Edith Cobián-López, Yolanda Martínez-López, Edgar Felipe Lares-Bayona, María del Socorro Páez-Güereca
KEYWORDS:
Prenatal Care, Prenatal Education, Playful Activities, Maternal Health, Healthy Pregnancy, Comprehensive Health Care
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Vol.11 No.2,
February
25,
2021
ABSTRACT: 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.