The Relationship of Mental Health and Cognitive-Emotional States with Family Planning Attitudes in Young Women with Chronic Diseases

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the relationship of mental health and cognitive emotional states with family planning attitudes in young women with chronic diseases. Methods: This cross-sectional and descriptive study was conducted between 12 January 2022 and 01 April 2022. The study included a total of 410 young women with chronic diseases who were hospitalized in the internal medicine clinics of a university hospital or presented to the internal medicine clinics for examination. Data were collected using a Personal Information Form, the Mental Health Continuum–Short Form (MHC–SF), the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ), and the Family Planning Attitude Scale (FPAS). Results: It was found that 20.2% (n=83) of the young women with chronic diseases had scores below the FPAS (135.5±22.1) cut-off point (