• Michelle de Souza Rangel Machado, Tawana Vicente Bertagnolli, Eduardo Carvalho de Arruda Veiga, Cristine Jorge Homsi Ferreira, Geraldo Duarte, Jackeline de Souza Rangel Machado, and Ricardo Carvalho.
• Departamento de Ginecologia e Obstetricia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirao Preto da Universidade de Sao Paulo (FMRP-USP), SP, BR.
• Clinics (Sao Paulo). 2020 Jan 1; 75: e1951e1951.

ObjectivesTo assess the quality of life of hospitalized pregnant women with preeclampsia (PE), and compare with a group of healthy pregnant women (HP).MethodsThis was an observational cross-sectional study conducted among 58 pregnant women; 28 of them had preeclampsia and 30 were healthy. The WHOQOL-Bref questionnaire, which was divided into four aspects: physical, psychological, social, and environmental, was applied to each subject.ResultsA statistically significant difference was observed regarding maternal age (PE 27.8±6.2 x HG 23.0±6.6, p<0.01) and gestational age (PE 224±28.1 x HG 253.8±43.7, p<0.01) in relation to the clinical and obstetric data. No significant difference was observed among groups in the physical (PE 57.7±18.9 x HG 65.7±16.6, p=0.19), psychological (PE 68.2±12.8 x HG 73.3±13.30, p=0.16), social (PE 72.0±15.8 x HG 71.7±18.7, p=0.78), or environmental (PE 61.1±11.9 x HG 59.3±15.9, p=0.88) aspects of the WHOQOL-Bref.ConclusionThere was no difference in quality of life between the groups studied, a result possibly due to the fact that women with PE were hospitalized and received multiprofessional care.

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