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Asian Pacific Journal of Nursing

Volume 10, Issue 2, 2023
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Asian Pacific Journal of Nursing
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XXX-XXXX (Print), 2349 – 0683 (Online)
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bi-annual
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Title
ANXIETY DURING CHILDBIRTH AMONG PRIMI GRAVIDAE
Author
Ruth Joshila Philips* and Dr. Josephine Little Flower
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joshila1974@yahoo.co.in
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Pregnancy and child birth is intriguing, especially for a primi gravida. Many primi gravidae have As many as 30 percentage of pregnant women will experience some level of anxiety, this is seen more in first time mothers. A quasi experimental study was conducted with an overall aim to evaluate the impact of birth preparedness programme on maternal and foetal out comes among primi gravidae. Anxiety was one of the maternal outcomes that was measured. The study group comprised of 110 primi gravidae mothers each in the control group and the experimental groups. The inclusion criteria include primi gravidae who have completed 28 weeks, but not more than 34 weeks of gestation, at the time of induction into the study. The research design adopted for the study was post-test only design. The primi gravidae who were in the experimental group underwent three sessions of Birth preparedness programme. Anxiety was measured using Visual Analog Scale for Anxiety (VAS-A) to measure women's self-reported level of anxiety during labour. Mean anxiety of primi gravidae in the control group was 49.91±3.9 and in the experimental group was 28.49±9.79. Mean difference between the groups was 21.42. The calculated „t? value was 21.31 with p<0.001 which was a statistically highly significant difference between groups. Thus it could be concluded that the Birth Preparedness Programme was effective in reducing the anxiety of primi gravidae in the experimental group when compared to that of primi gravidae in the control group
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