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Abstract: Introduction: Antenatal anxiety is one of the most common problems during pregnancy.

Identifying the effective factors in reducing antenatal anxiety is one of the ways to mitigate the neg-

ative consequences.

Objective: The present study aimed to determine the association between maternal lifestyle and an-

tenatal anxiety.

Methods: This is an analytical-cross-sectional study, and its study population included 201 eligible

pregnant women referred to Al-Zahra Hospital in Rasht. A convenience sampling method was used.

Data collection tools included the Demographic and obstetrics questionnaire, The Health Promoting

Lifestyle Profile (HPLP), and the standard pregnancy-related anxiety questionnaire (PRAQ). Data

analysis was performed using statistical tests including the Spearman correlation coefficient, Mann-

Whitney test, and Kruskal-Wallis in SPSS. A P<0.05 was considered significant.

Results: Data analysis showed that the mean score of maternal lifestyle and antenatal anxiety was

67.8 ± 10.9 and 43.2 ± 20.1, respectively. There was a weak significant negative correlation be-

tween antenatal anxiety scores and the total maternal lifestyle score (r= - 0.204, P= 0.004). The re-

sults of the multiple linear regression analysis also showed that with an increase in the total score of

maternal lifestyles, the antenatal anxiety score decreases significantly after controlling the Demo-

graphic and obstetrics variable. That is, with a unit increase in the total lifestyle score, the total anx-

iety score decreases on average by 0.20 units (b= 0.20, P= 0.004).

Conclusions: A weak but significant negative correlation exists between maternal lifestyle and an-

tenatal anxiety, indicating that higher lifestyle scores are associated with lower anxiety levels. Thus,

healthcare providers can play an important role in alleviating antenatal anxiety through lifestyle ed-

ucation, positively impacting maternal well-being