Comparison of mental health and life quality in women with wanted and unwanted pregnancy

Pregnancy time is an important event for a woman and it may have various mental reactions. Experts believe that pregnancy time is an emotional and mental experience. Unwanted pregnancy is an event that makes person scared, worry and anxious. This study was aimed to comparison of mental health and life quality in women with wanted and unwanted pregnancy. Method was descriptive and casual - comparative (post-test). statistical population were all pregnant women who were pregnant in second six month of 2015year in Amol city. according to Amol sanitation office, statistics of unwanted pregnancy in mentioned months were73 individuals (all pregnant women in second six month of 1391), sample of the study consisted of 55 women who their pregnancy were unwanted .55 women who their pregnancy were wanted randomly selected from each sanitation office of Amol city. Individuals were 110 out of which 55 were women with wanted and 55 were women with unwanted pregnancy that filled out questionnaires. we used two questionnaires: General health (GhQ-28) and life quality (SF-36). we used T-test in order to analyze two separate group data. Data analysis showed that mental health and life quality were different in women with wanted and unwanted pregnancy we also found that rate of general health of those women who had experienced unwanted pregnancy was less than women with wanted pregnancy.