A study of predicting factors of the fear of childbirth
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Background: An understanding of fear of childbirth will assist nurses to provide care for women in labor to help them to cope with labor pain and have a good childbirth experience.
Objectives: This study aimed to determine the relationship between selected variables with fear of childbirth and to determine factors predicting the fear of childbirth.
Methods: This correlation study sampled 123 women in labor who had more than 28 weeks of gestation and had no complications. The sample was purposively collected from a tertiary hospital. The fear of childbirth was assessed using The Wijma Delivery Expectancy/ Experience Questionnaire (W-DEQ) version B and Delivery Fear Scale (DFS). The Cronbach’s alpha coefficients for reliabilities were .88, .70; consecutively. Pearson correlation was used to determine and assess the relationships and multiple regression was used to identify factors predicting the fear of childbirth.
Results: The level of the fear of childbirth was moderate (M = 89.57, SD = 22.00). It was significantly and negatively related to age at p <.05. The fear of childbirth was positively and significantly related to fear of delivery at p=.000. Factors predicting the fear of childbirth is shown in the following equation in which the variables predict 31.10% of the variation in the fear of childbirth (R2=.311, F=8.73, p<.000). The fear of childbirth = 104.38 + .70 (fear of delivery) - .82(age).
Conclusions: Women in labor with higher score of fear of delivery and were younger had higher scores of the fear of childbirth. Thus, nurses should consider age and assess the fear of delivery so as to provide the suitable care for women in labor.
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บทความที่ได้รับการตีพิมพ์เป็นลิขสิทธิ์ของวิทยาลัยพยาบาลบรมราชชนนี จังหวัดนนทบุรี
ข้อความที่ปรากฏในบทความแต่ละเรื่องในวารสารวิชาการเล่มนี้เป็นความคิดเห็นส่วนตัวของผู้เขียนแต่ละท่านไม่เกี่ยวข้องกับวิทยาลัยพยาบาลบรมราชชนนี จังหวัดนนทบุรี และคณาจารย์ท่านอื่น ในวิทยาลัยฯ แต่อย่างใด ความรับผิดชอบองค์ประกอบทั้งหมดของบทความแต่ละเรื่องเป็นของผู้เขียนแต่ละท่าน หากมีความผิดพลาดใด ๆ ผู้เขียนแต่ละท่านจะรับผิดชอบบทความของตนเองแต่ผู้เดียว
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