Evaluation of The Fear of Childbirth

Ankara City Hospital Bilkent500 enrolled

Overview

Most pregnant women have fear of labor. The reasons of fear of labor are different according to women. The investigators will examine the relationship between the descriptive features and level of fear of labor of pregnant women by using the Oxford worries about labour scale

The investigators will give a survey to pregnant women who go to the antenatal polyclinic. The survey is consisted by researchers. The survey has a few questions about pregnant women's descriptive features. Next the investigators will evaluate the level of fear of labor of pregnant women. After the investigators will analyze the relationship between pregnant women's fear and their descriptive features.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

500

Conditions

Fear of Childbirth

Interventions

Survey ResearchOTHER

Non-applicable. There is no intervention. This study is descriptive research.

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 35 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * all of volunteers and pregnant women who are 18-35 years old. Exclusion Criteria: * the pregnant women have any obstetrical complications.

Locations (1)

Ankara City Hospital- Maternity Hospital

Ankara, Çankaya, Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

The Oxford Worries About Labour Scale

This scale measures the level of fear of childbirth. The scale has ten questions which has four answers as Likert Scale. Also the scale has 40-100 points. As the point decreases the fear score increases.

Time frame: approximately 30 minutes, waiting in the antenatal polyclinic.

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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