Payesh
2010; 9: 69-75
Accepted for publication: 28 December 2008
[EPub a head of print-7 March 2010]

Objective(s): To assess quality of life in pregnant women.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of 600 pregnant women receiving prenatal care in health centers of Kashan University of Medical Science. The Short Form 36 Health Survey (SF-36) was used to assess quality of life.
Results: The lowest perceived well-being was role limitation due to physical problems 56.23 18.77 and vitality 56.40 18.07.
The results indicated that women's scores on the SF-36 were correlated with age, gestational age, gravidity, education, income, wanted and unwanted pregnancy and satisfaction with life (P<0.05).
Conclusion: To improve guality of life in pregnant women it is important to improve background conditions for women.