Abstract Identifying factors that can be related to the
occurrence of gestational arterial hypertension. The sample
was composed by 105 pregnant women in their third trimester
of gestation, during the period between September
2013 and August 2014. General assessment questionnaires
together with a questionnaire to evaluate anxiety (STAIA-STATE)
were applied; arterial blood pressure values were
collected. To classify anxiety, a mean of the final result of
all the questionnaires gotten was calculated. Pregnant
women who showed scores higher than the mean were
considered anxious. All data were analyzed by a logistic
regression. The significance level adopted was 0.05. A data
analysis allowed us to verify that 92.38 % of the pregnant
women had an anxious personality STAI-A-STATE and
12.38 % of them had a momentary hypertension. The
momentary hypertension showed a correlation between the
hypertension and the state anxiety score (p = 0.049).
The hypertension showed an association with the presence
of depression (OR 8.69), obesity (OR 6.45), anxiety (OR
7.77), nausea (OR 12.79) and non-white race (OR 8.18).
According to the study realized, the factors non-white race,
depression, nausea, obesity and anxiety can be considered
risk factors for the occurrence of gestational arterial hypertension.
Based on these findings, a high quality prenatal
assistance is considered of prime importance.
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