The Effect of an educational Intervention on Anxiety of Pregnant Women: A Quasi-Experimental Study.

IF 1.3 Q3 NURSING

Investigacion y Educacion en Enfermeria Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI:10.17533/udea.iee.v40n2e05

Sajad Pouryousef, Marzieh Kargar Jahromi, Sedigheh Yeganeh, Rouhollah Rouhandeh, Somayeh Paki, Mozhgan Jokar

{"title":"The Effect of an educational Intervention on Anxiety of Pregnant Women: A Quasi-Experimental Study.","authors":"Sajad Pouryousef, Marzieh Kargar Jahromi, Sedigheh Yeganeh, Rouhollah Rouhandeh, Somayeh Paki, Mozhgan Jokar","doi":"10.17533/udea.iee.v40n2e05","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Objectives: The aim of study is the effect of educational intervention on anxiety of pregnant women.Methods: This quasi-experimental study is done on the pregnant women referring to family physicians offices in Gerash City, Iran. 62 women were selected and divided into 2 groups (control and intervention). In intervention group the anxiety reduction training classes were held as a group discussion in 4 weekly 90-minute sessions. Control group received routine care. The anxiety assessment completed by two groups before and after the educational intervention. The measurement instruments included a demographic information questionnaire and the short form of the Pregnancy Related Anxiety Questionnaire (PRAQ-17).Results: Comparison of the mean scores of different dimensions of pregnancy anxiety in the pre-intervention and post-intervention stages in the intervention group using paired t-test indicated a statistically significant difference in the dimensions Fear of childbirth, Fear of giving birth to a physically or mentally disabled child, Fear of mood swings and Fear of changes in marital relations (p < 0.05) in comparison with control group.Conclusions: Holding pregnancy-training classes using group discussion method is a good strategy to reduce anxiety in pregnant women. Therefore, it is recommended that this educational strategy classes be used with mothers from the second trimester of pregnancy in urban family physician centers or those referred to a nearby clinic.","PeriodicalId":53477,"journal":{"name":"Investigacion y Educacion en Enfermeria","volume":"40 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3000,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9714979/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Investigacion y Educacion en Enfermeria","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.iee.v40n2e05","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"NURSING","Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Abstract

Objectives: The aim of study is the effect of educational intervention on anxiety of pregnant women.

Methods: This quasi-experimental study is done on the pregnant women referring to family physicians offices in Gerash City, Iran. 62 women were selected and divided into 2 groups (control and intervention). In intervention group the anxiety reduction training classes were held as a group discussion in 4 weekly 90-minute sessions. Control group received routine care. The anxiety assessment completed by two groups before and after the educational intervention. The measurement instruments included a demographic information questionnaire and the short form of the Pregnancy Related Anxiety Questionnaire (PRAQ-17).

Results: Comparison of the mean scores of different dimensions of pregnancy anxiety in the pre-intervention and post-intervention stages in the intervention group using paired t-test indicated a statistically significant difference in the dimensions Fear of childbirth, Fear of giving birth to a physically or mentally disabled child, Fear of mood swings and Fear of changes in marital relations (p < 0.05) in comparison with control group.

Conclusions: Holding pregnancy-training classes using group discussion method is a good strategy to reduce anxiety in pregnant women. Therefore, it is recommended that this educational strategy classes be used with mothers from the second trimester of pregnancy in urban family physician centers or those referred to a nearby clinic.

查看原文本刊更多论文

教育干预对孕妇焦虑的影响:一项准实验研究。

目的:探讨教育干预对孕妇焦虑的影响。方法:对伊朗格拉什市家庭医生门诊就诊的孕妇进行准实验研究，选取62名孕妇分为对照组和干预组。干预组以小组讨论的形式进行减少焦虑训练班，每周4次，每次90分钟。对照组给予常规护理。两组在教育干预前后分别完成焦虑评估。测量工具包括人口统计信息问卷和妊娠相关焦虑问卷(PRAQ-17)。结果:干预组怀孕焦虑各维度在干预前和干预后各阶段的平均得分采用配对t检验比较，对分娩的恐惧、对生育身体或精神残疾儿童的恐惧、对情绪波动的恐惧、对婚姻关系变化的恐惧等维度与对照组比较，差异有统计学意义(p < 0.05)。结论:采用小组讨论的方式开展妊娠培训班是减轻孕妇焦虑的有效策略。因此，建议在城市家庭医生中心或转介到附近诊所的怀孕中期的母亲使用这种教育策略课程。

本文章由计算机程序翻译，如有差异，请以英文原文为准。

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文求助全文

来源期刊

Investigacion y Educacion en Enfermeria Nursing-Maternity and Midwifery

CiteScore

2.60

自引率

5.00%

发文量

审稿时长

14 weeks

期刊介绍： The mission of the journal of Nursing and Education is to present scientific and technical information about health, illnesses and related topics. The journal serves as the conduit [medium] through which the experiences of our own nursing and social science departments can be shared within Columbia and internationally. It is written primarily for nurses, general health practitioners and other related disciplines but can also be used by students and researchers.