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The effect of long-distance education on the mothers' anxiety and stress than childbirth method in primipara mothers
Volume 1, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 158 - 170
1 PhD student, in charge of training managers and employees, Dezful University of Medical Sciences, Dezful, Iran.fahim.ganj@yahoo.com
2 Assistant Professor, Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract :
Objective: One of the appropriate programs to reduce the elective cesareans is the education of women during pregnancy. There are several studies in this regard that indicate the effect of education during pregnancy on the readiness for childbirth. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of long-distance education on the anxiety and stress of pregnant mothers arising from childbirth method. Method: This was a quasi-experimental study with pre-test and post-test of experiment and control groups. The available sampling method was conducted among the primipara mothers between 22 to 35 weeks in Dezful County. The Number of 100 people having entry criteria were randomly divided into two groups of experiment (50 people) and control (50 people). The experiment group was under the long-distance education during eight weeks and one session in a week. Data analysis was performed using SPSS software and covariance test. Results: The findings of this study showed that there was a significant difference between the average of anxiety scores (F = 4.29, P = 0.05) and stress scores (F = 4.02, P = 0.02), childbirth method selection scores ( F = 26/14, P = 0.001), and pre-test and the post-test of the experiment and control group. Conclusion: The results show that long-distance education is effective on anxiety and stress of mothers than choosing the childbirth method. Therefore, using this educational method can be applied as an effective strategy in order to improve their knowledge and empowerment in choosing the childbirth method
Objective: One of the appropriate programs to reduce the elective cesareans is the education of women during pregnancy. There are several studies in this regard that indicate the effect of education during pregnancy on the readiness for childbirth. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of long-distance education on the anxiety and stress of pregnant mothers arising from childbirth method. Method: This was a quasi-experimental study with pre-test and post-test of experiment and control groups. The available sampling method was conducted among the primipara mothers between 22 to 35 weeks in Dezful County. The Number of 100 people having entry criteria were randomly divided into two groups of experiment (50 people) and control (50 people). The experiment group was under the long-distance education during eight weeks and one session in a week. Data analysis was performed using SPSS software and covariance test. Results: The findings of this study showed that there was a significant difference between the average of anxiety scores (F = 4.29, P = 0.05) and stress scores (F = 4.02, P = 0.02), childbirth method selection scores ( F = 26/14, P = 0.001), and pre-test and the post-test of the experiment and control group. Conclusion: The results show that long-distance education is effective on anxiety and stress of mothers than choosing the childbirth method. Therefore, using this educational method can be applied as an effective strategy in order to improve their knowledge and empowerment in choosing the childbirth method
Keywords :
distance education, anxiety, stress, primipara mothers, childbirth method.
distance education, anxiety, stress, primipara mothers, childbirth method.
