4.2. General anxiety during trimesters of pregnancy All women had moderate (71%) to severe (29%) degree anxiety levels during third trimester. During first trimester also almost all women reported moderate (48.6%) to severe (48.4%) degree general anxiety compared to second trimester. Table 1 reveals that the mean third trimester anxiety score was the highest (106.89) compared to first and second trimesters respectively (100.36, 85.50). The GLM test for these inter-trimester variations were significant (F = 369.726, P < 0.001).