• Rajni Bala

Background: Pregnancy is a special and joyful period of life. It is the time for great responsibilities and emotional attachment with the pregnant women. But many pregnant women may suffer confusion, fear, sadness, stress, depression or other psychological problems. Aims: To assess the different psychological problems such us anxiety and depression among pregnant women and the association of anxiety and depression with socio-.demographic data of pregnant women. Material and Method: It was ex facto non experimental design conducted among 100 pregnant women in government hospital, were assessed with Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale, consisting 14 items. Result : out of 100 Pregnant females 47% of the woman were no anxiety, 25 % were mild ,17 % were moderate and 11 % were severe.and other side 48% of the woman were no depression , 37% were mild depression,12 % were moderate and 3% were sever depression Conclusion: This study finds a prevalence of 53 % of anxiety and 52% of depression among pregnant women.

Anxiety, Depression, Pregnant women

"PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEM OF PREGNANT WOMEN", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no.1008-1015, March-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1903K47.pdf

"PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEM OF PREGNANT WOMEN", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no. pp1008-1015, March-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1903K47.pdf