Abstract
Prenatal education based on a psychological approach can play a significant role in maternal and neonatal health. The current study aimed to determine the effect of cognitive-behavioral education on childbirth self-efficacy, childbirth fear, and adaption of maternal role among primiparous women. This quasi-experimental study included 74 primiparous women in the Tehran province of Iran. Convenience sampling was used to recruit participants, who were subsequently were divided into two groups (intervention and control). The intervention group received cognitive-behavioral education, held via eight 90-min-long sessions. Pre-test data collection occurred during participants’ 26–28th week of pregnancy via a survey tool comprising demographic questions, the Wijma Delivery Expectancy/Experience Questionnaire-A (W-DEQ-A), and the Child Birth Self-Efficacy Inventory (CBSEI). Post-test data collection occurred after the intervention period again via a survey tool comprising both the W-DEQ-A and CBSEI tools. The maternal role adaptation questionnaire was also completed two weeks and two months after the childbirth. After the intervention, a statistically significant difference was observed between the intervention and control groups in terms of the fear of childbirth, outcome expectancy, and self-efficacy expectancy (p < 0.05). Results demonstrated a medium effect size between the two groups in terms of the fear of childbirth score, and a large effect size in terms of both outcome expectancy and self-efficacy expectancy scores. There were no statistically significant differences between the two groups in terms of compliance with the maternal role adaptation at either 2 weeks or 2 months after the childbirth. This cognitive-behavioral educational intervention was effective in reducing fear of childbirth and improving childbirth self-efficacy. This suggests that cognitive-behavioral educations may usefully be offered to pregnant women in addition to childbirth preparation classes.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 616-633 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavior Therapy |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Early online date | 30 Jul 2022 |
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| Publication status | Published - Sept 2023 |
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Funder
Funding Information: This research with the research Grant No. IR.IUMS.REC.1397.346 was supported by Iran University of Medical Sciences, and with the number: IRCT20180427039436N3 was registered in the Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials (IRCT) center. The author would like to thank the Lolagar Hospital's personnel and the pregnant women who participated in this study. Publisher Copyright: © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
Keywords
- Fear of childbirth
- Childbirth self-efficacy
- Cognitive-behavioral educations
- Group education
- And maternal role adaptation