Association between hypertension and quality of life in pregnancy.

Purpose: To assess the association between hypertension in pregnancy and women's quality of life (QoL) and the variation in the quality of life over gestational trimesters.

Method: A questionnaire was applied to 194 hypertensive pregnant women and 195 pregnant women without complications. The questionnaire was composed of two parts: socioeconomic profile and specifically QoL, using the instrument Ferrans & Powers Quality of Life Index.