الفهرس 
Review of Literature
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Abstract
It’s normal to pregnant women feel a little worried and stressed during pregnancy, but for some people anxiety can become a real problem and they will need professional help. Antenatal anxiety is common. Pregnancy-related anxiety (PRA) has attracted considerable research attention, but questions remain about its effect and consequences with emphasis regard chronic diseases.
In other words, anxiety and chronic illnesses during pregnancy appear to lead to several pregnancy and delivery complications compared to either condition alone. However, there are very few studies on the associations between comorbid anxiety and chronic illnesses and the birth outcomes. The investment in women health especially during pregnancy will protect them and their offspring. As part of preconception care, providers should be vigilant and screen for anxiety among women of reproductive age, as the detection and appropriate management of these conditions can reduce the occurrence of adverse pregnancy and family outcomes. The maternity nurse plays an important role in antenatal care especially in managing chronic illness and anxiety.
Basically nursing process is a fundamental process of the nursing care. Assessment is a critical role of professional nurses, and requires an understanding of client needs or problems on which nursing diagnoses are developed. Collecting data for the sole purpose of completing some mandatory form care is important in order to provide an individualized care for our patients. Collecting data with the intent of identifying critical information, considering nursing diagnoses, and then driving in-depth assessment to validate and prioritize diagnosis this is the hallmark of professional nursing.
The current study was carried out to describe pregnancy related anxiety among chronic ill women. Descriptive research design was used to achieve the aim of this study. The study was carried out at antenatal outpatient unit at Mansoura University Hospital in Mansoura city
A Purposive sample was used to include sixty five pregnant women with chronic illness who were attended to Antenatal outpatient unit at Mansoura University Hospital in Mansoura city.
Two tools were utilized to collect data pertinent to this study.
Tool I: Structured Interviewing Questionnaire:
It was designed by the researcher after reviewing the related literature. It was consisted of three parts to measure the following:
• Part1: to assess the general characteristics includes (age, residency, occupation, duration of marriage educational level, and number of children).
• Part 2 to assess the past and present Obstetrical history includes history of current pregnancy such as (gestational age, number of fetus, complicated or not, type of complication)
• Part 3: to assess the chronic condition during pregnancy includes History of chronic disease such as (diagnosis, duration of illness,
Tool II: Assessment of anxiety using: Pregnancy-Related Anxiety Questionnaire–Revised (PRAQ-R2).
Study Conclusion:
Nearly half of the women experienced severe anxiety. More than two fifth of the studied women reported that they are afraid of giving birth. More than half of them were severely worries about bearing handicapped child, more than two fifths of them severely concerned by their own appearance.