Abstract

SILVEIRA, Pâmela Gioza da; TAVARES, Claudia Mara de Melo  and  MARCONDES, Fernanda Laxe. Emotional support to pregnant women living with chronic diseases. Revista Portuguesa de Enfermagem de Saúde Mental [online]. 2016, n.spe4, pp.63-68. ISSN 1647-2160.  https://doi.org/10.19131/rpesm.0143.

BACKGROUND: Women who live with chronic disease will become high-risk pregnant and may encounter difficulties in the emotional adjustments imposed by the new reality. AIM: To discuss the demand of emotional assistance of pregnant women living with chronic illness and the work of nurses in high-risk prenatal care. METHODS: Qualitative research of the social poetic approach held in Prenatal Clinic of Antonio Pedro University Hospital, Niterói / RJ. 06 pregnant women in prenatal care living with chronic diseases participated in the study,. Data was collected through creative technique by "line of gestational life" and group-researcher device. Data analysis was used to analyze categorical-themed content. RESULTS: As a result of training - the focus of the nurse's attention remains attached to the disease or its forms of expression - signs and symptoms, which produces the emotional state of women, as well as forgotten social factors following her pregnancy. CONCLUSION: There is the need of active listening the concerns throughout the follow-up of high-risk pregnancies due to women’s fragility and instability, and the lack of room to expose their fears, anxieties and expectations, emotional care that should be performed by nurses.

Keywords : Pregnant; Chronic diseases; Mental health; Prenatal.

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