Pınar Serçekuş1, Hatice Başkale2. 1. Pamukkale University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Denizli, Turkey. Electronic address: pinarsercekus@gmail.com. 2. Pamukkale University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Denizli, Turkey. Electronic address: hakkgul@gmail.com.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: to examine the effects of antenatal education on fear of childbirth, maternal self-efficacy, and maternal and paternal attachment. DESIGN: quasi-experimental study, comparing an antenatal education group and a control group. PARTICIPANTS: 63 pregnant women and their husbands. MEASUREMENTS: demographic data forms, the Wijma Delivery Expectancy/Experience Questionnaire, the Childbirth Self-Efficacy Inventory, the Maternal Attachment Inventory and the Postnatal Paternal-Infant Attachment Questionnaire were used for data collection. FINDINGS: antenatal education was found to reduce the fear of childbirth and to increase childbirth-related maternal self-efficacy. However, antenatal education was found to have no effect on parental attachment. KEY CONCLUSIONS: it is recommended that widespread antenatal education programmes should be provided in developing countries, and the content of the education programme about parental attachment should be increased. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: this study found that antenatal education has no influence on maternal and paternal attachment. As such, there is a need to increase the content of the education programme about parental attachment.
OBJECTIVE: to examine the effects of antenatal education on fear of childbirth, maternal self-efficacy, and maternal and paternal attachment. DESIGN: quasi-experimental study, comparing an antenatal education group and a control group. PARTICIPANTS: 63 pregnant women and their husbands. MEASUREMENTS: demographic data forms, the Wijma Delivery Expectancy/Experience Questionnaire, the Childbirth Self-Efficacy Inventory, the Maternal Attachment Inventory and the Postnatal Paternal-Infant Attachment Questionnaire were used for data collection. FINDINGS: antenatal education was found to reduce the fear of childbirth and to increase childbirth-related maternal self-efficacy. However, antenatal education was found to have no effect on parental attachment. KEY CONCLUSIONS: it is recommended that widespread antenatal education programmes should be provided in developing countries, and the content of the education programme about parental attachment should be increased. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: this study found that antenatal education has no influence on maternal and paternal attachment. As such, there is a need to increase the content of the education programme about parental attachment.
Authors: C Nilsson; E Hessman; H Sjöblom; A Dencker; E Jangsten; M Mollberg; H Patel; C Sparud-Lundin; H Wigert; C Begley Journal: BMC Pregnancy Childbirth Date: 2018-01-12 Impact factor: 3.007