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:: Volume 15, Issue 5 (December-January 2020) ::
IJNR 2020, 15(5): 9-19 Back to browse issues page
Effects of spiritual care on anxiety about childbirth in primiparous women
Mehrnoosh Kakavand , M Fallahi-Khoshknab * , A Rahgoi , A Biglarian
Professor of Psychiatric Nursing, Nursing Department, , University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation sciences, Tehran, Iran. , Fallahi@uswr.ac.ir
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Background:  Anxiety is the most prevalent psychological reaction to childbirth in women, especially in primiparous ones who are not well prepared for assuming the maternal role. Given the importance of maintaining and improving health in women and reducing their psychological complications during pregnancy and childbirth as well as the costs of care and treatment, paying attention to accessible and cost-effective spiritual care-giving methods with fewer complications is crucial. The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of spiritual care on anxiety about childbirth in primiparous women.
Methods: The present quasi-experimental case-control study with a pretest posttest design was conducted on 40  primiparous women selected using random sampling and presenting in 2018 to the perinatal clinic of Kamali Hospital. The research was affiliated to Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran. The data collection tools consisted of a demographic questionnaire and the Spiel Berger state-trait anxiety inventory, which was used to evaluate anxiety in both groups first before The performing spiritual care at 28 weeks of gestation and then at 32 and 34 weeks of gestation. The score of anxiety was 20-80 in this inventory. The intervention group received spiritual care through eight 45-minute sessions and participated in childbirth preparation classes. The data collected were analyzed in SPSS-20 using the independent t-test, the Chi-squared test and  Methods ANOVA.
Results: The data obtained suggested statistically-significant differences in state and trait anxiety levels between before the intervention (28 weeks of gestation) and afterwards (32 weeks of gestation) in the intervention group compared to in the controls  (P<0.05). Statistically-significant differences were also observed in the levels of state and trait anxiety in the intervention group compared to in the control group at 34 weeks of pregnancy (P<0.05).
Conclusion: Spiritual care can be used to reduce anxiety about childbirth in primiparous women.
 
Keywords: Anxiety, primiparous, childbirth, spiritual care
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Type of Study: Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing | Subject: nursing
Received: 2020/02/23 | Accepted: 2020/11/30 | Published: 2020/11/30
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kakavand M, Fallahi-Khoshknab M, Rahgoi A, Biglarian A. Effects of spiritual care on anxiety about childbirth in primiparous women. IJNR 2020; 15 (5) :9-19
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