THE PRENATAL COUNSELING IN WOMEN AT HIGH RISK OF PRETERM BIRTH
Journal Title: World Science - Year 2017, Vol 2, Issue 11
Abstract
Pregnancy and motherhood are the most gratifying and evolutionary stages of women’s lives. These stages are associated with physiological and psychological changes requiring special attention. For many women, pregnancy creates psychological problems such as anxiety, depression and feeling of uncertainty in life. How to grow a fetus in the mothers’ womb can predict the state of one's health later in life. As a stressful stimulus, mothers’ anxiety during pregnancy can cause future mental and psychological problems in newborns. Such mental and psychological problems have been observedin both newborns and adults. Mother’s anxiety in the prenatal period can cause 10-15% of behavioral and emotional disorders in babies’ lives. Threatened premature labor (TPL) is a severe obstetric complication which affects the mental and physical health of both the mother and fetus. Family resilience may have protective role against psychological distress in women experiencing these pregnancy complications. There may be resilience related risk factors in TPL women, and interplays may exist among psychological variables and within couples. This study aims to examine psychological outcomes influenced by different levels of resilience, and explore psychological interactions in TPL women, spouses, and between women and spouses. The present study was conducted on 120 eligible pregnant women selected out of all pregnant women referring to Storozhynets regional hospital.The experimental group participated in four weekly sessions of group counseling about mother-infant attachment behaviors. Whereas, the control group only receive routine cares. Two groups were compared in terms of anxiety before and after the study. Before the intervention, no significant difference in anxiety level was observed between the two groups; however, state and trait anxiety levels of pregnant women in the experimental group significantly decreased after the intervention (p < 0.002). The results of this study showed that prenatal counseling can be used as an effective method to reduce pregnant women’s anxiety.
Authors and Affiliations
N. V. Grinko, N. S. Karvatska, I. G. Herasymiuk
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP442762
- DOI -
- Views 111
- Downloads 0
APPLICATION OF REMOTE TRAINING TECHNOLOGY AT THE DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRONIC COURSES PROGRAMS
.
THE ADAPTIVE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY – IRREPLACEABLE FACTOR IN FORMING IDENTITY IN CHILDREN WITH AUTISM
The adaptive physical activity is a generalized term for all activities that promote active way of life in people with special needs. The motor activity in children with autism is characterized with presence of stereotyp...
ВЄРКА СЕРДЮЧКА – ТРІКСТЕР СУЧАСНОЇ СОЦІОКУЛЬТУРНОЇ РЕАЛЬНОСТІ УКРАЇНИ
The article is dedicated to the trickster problematics. The methods of investigation: sociocultural analysis, comparative and biographical methods, interpretation. The subject of investigation: a trickster of modern Ukra...
MOBILE OPERATORS VS OTT: HEAD TO HEAD OR HAND IN HAND?
The rise of OTT services brought huge changes in the world and created challenges for mobile operators as many subscribers tend refer to OTT services for their communication needs rather than use their mobile operator’s...
SOME ASPECTS OF THE GEORGIA–GERMANY RELATIONS IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1918
Particularly the interest of Germany increased towards Transcaucasia during the period of First World War. Germany found itself facing difficult political dilemma. If it on the one hand tried to realize the own interests...