RESEARCH PAPER
FEAR OF BIRTH, PRENATAL ATTACHMENT AND PRENATAL BREASTFEEDING SELF-EFFICACY IN HIGH-RISK PREGNANT WOMEN
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Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Health Sciences, Sakarya University, Sakarya, Türkiye
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Department of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Eskisehir, Türkiye
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Istanbul, Türkiye
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sakarya Education and Research Hospital, Sakarya, Türkiye
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Sakarya University, Sakarya, Türkiye
Submission date: 2024-10-30
Final revision date: 2025-01-10
Acceptance date: 2025-01-13
Publication date: 2025-02-20
Corresponding author
Öznur Tiryaki
Öznur Tiryaki, Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Health Sciences, Sakarya University, Kemalpaşa Neighborhood/Esentepe Campus, Serdivan/Sakarya, Türkiye
Öznur Tiryaki, Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Health Sciences, Sakarya University, Kemalpaşa Neighborhood/Esentepe Campus, Serdivan/Sakarya, Türkiye
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ABSTRACT
Background:
Although pregnancy is a physiologic phenomenon, some conditions may endanger maternal or fetal health and thereby, turn pregnancy into a high-risk pregnancy (HRP) and cause women experience stressful conditions. The aim of the study was to examine the relationship between fear of childbirth, prenatal attachment, and prenatal breastfeeding self-efficacy in women diagnosed with high-risk pregnancy.
Material and methods:
The study was conducted with 262 pregnant women who applied to the high-risk pregnancy follow-up policlinic, had a gestational age of 20 weeks or more, agreed to participate in the study, and met the inclusion criteria. The Mann-Whitney U test and the independent sample t-test were applied in the study. Pearson correlation analysis was used to compare total scale score means.
Results:
The mean age of 262 pregnant women who participated in the study was 30.22±6.01. There was no relationship between the Fear of Birth Scale and Prenatal Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale (r=0.015), and a significant positive correlation (r=0.331) between the Prenatal Attachment Inventory and Prenatal Breast-Feeding Self-Efficacy scales.
Conclusions:
At the end of the study, it was concluded that as the prenatal attachment levels of pregnant women increased, their prenatal breastfeeding self-efficacy also increased.
Although pregnancy is a physiologic phenomenon, some conditions may endanger maternal or fetal health and thereby, turn pregnancy into a high-risk pregnancy (HRP) and cause women experience stressful conditions. The aim of the study was to examine the relationship between fear of childbirth, prenatal attachment, and prenatal breastfeeding self-efficacy in women diagnosed with high-risk pregnancy.
Material and methods:
The study was conducted with 262 pregnant women who applied to the high-risk pregnancy follow-up policlinic, had a gestational age of 20 weeks or more, agreed to participate in the study, and met the inclusion criteria. The Mann-Whitney U test and the independent sample t-test were applied in the study. Pearson correlation analysis was used to compare total scale score means.
Results:
The mean age of 262 pregnant women who participated in the study was 30.22±6.01. There was no relationship between the Fear of Birth Scale and Prenatal Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale (r=0.015), and a significant positive correlation (r=0.331) between the Prenatal Attachment Inventory and Prenatal Breast-Feeding Self-Efficacy scales.
Conclusions:
At the end of the study, it was concluded that as the prenatal attachment levels of pregnant women increased, their prenatal breastfeeding self-efficacy also increased.
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