Psychological Impact of Female Human Immune Deficiency Virus Serodiscordance on Birth Weight Among Retroviral Disease Positive Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Clinic in Imo State University Teaching Hospital, Orlu

International Journal of Medical Science

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Volume 12 Issue 6

Year of Publication : 2025

Authors : Ikechukwu Victor OGOKE, Chinelo Vivian OKEKE, Samson Dayo EJIKUNLE, Maria-Joannes UZOMA

10.14445/23939117/IJMS-V12I6P101

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Ikechukwu Victor OGOKE, Chinelo Vivian OKEKE, Samson Dayo EJIKUNLE, Maria-Joannes UZOMA, "Psychological Impact of Female Human Immune Deficiency Virus Serodiscordance on Birth Weight Among Retroviral Disease Positive Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Clinic in Imo State University Teaching Hospital, Orlu," SSRG International Journal of Medical Science, vol. 12,  no. 6, pp. 1-13, 2025. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23939117/IJMS-V12I6P101

Abstract:

This study aims to determine if the psychological trauma (stress, anxiety, and depression) experienced by the HIV serodiscordant pregnant patient because of her retroviral status in the index pregnancy has any effect on the birth weight of her baby. Dedicated doctors, midwives, nurses, and laboratory scientists working at Imo State University Teaching Hospital, Orlu, Imo State, were recruited as facilitators for the study. Consenting HIV serodiscordant pregnant women who met the inclusion criteria were interviewed by a psychologist recruited for the study during the third trimester of their pregnancy using a prepared questionnaire containing questions relevant to the study. The women were grouped into two groups, A and B. Group A was for those women that are confirmed to be HIV serodiscordant but did not experience emotional distress (stress, anxiety, and depression) in the index pregnancy because of their serodiscordance, while group B was for those HIV serodiscordant patients who experienced emotional distress in the index pregnancy because of their serodiscordance. Those with emotional distress because of their serodiscordance were further classified into the stressed group, anxiety group, and those with frank depression using the DAS scale (Depression, Anxiety, and Stress). At delivery, the birth weights from the two groups were recorded in the notebook provided by the researcher for the study. Using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) for data analysis, the study revealed the statistical difference between the birth weights of babies delivered by mothers that had emotional distress (stress, anxiety and depression) in pregnancy and mothers that did not have emotional distress in pregnancy, and significant difference between the mean birth weights of the neonates in group A and group B was identified as well.

Keywords:

Birth Weight, HIV, Psychological, Retroviral Disease, Serodiscordance.

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