IMPACT OF PERINATAL DISTRESS ON QUALITY OF LIFE AND WELLBEING AMONG PAKISTANI COUPLES

Abstract

The main objective of conducting this research was to examine the relationship that exist between perinatal distress, quality of life and wellbeing in couples. Purposive sampling was applied to select sample of 100 couples with wives being pregnant or having a child of one year (100 males and 100 females) from the hospital. The parental perinatal distress sscale(Shafiq, 2023), WHOQOL-BREF (Lodhi et al., 2017) and flourishing scale(Choudhry et al., 2018) in were used. Findings revealed that perinatal distress has significant negative correlation with well-being and four domains of quality of life. Also perinatal distress negatively predicts wellness in couples. It also negatively predicts quality of life in couples. The results highlight the need to address mental health during pregnancy stage to strengthen overall family wellness. It also has medical experts and those who make policy to establish such treatments that will help new parents.