title: Emotion in women undergoing amniocentesis in the second trimester of pregnancy.
abstract: A descriptive study was conducted to determine the emotions of women at three points during the amniocentesis process. A volunteer convenience sample of 60 women who were undergoing a first amniocentesis in the second trimester of pregnancy participated in the study. Participants completed a demographic and an amniocentesis information survey upon entry into the study. An emotion scale was administered at three specific times. Results showed that positive emotions increased significantly as the process unfolded. Some negative emotions decreased over time. Correlation of the information score and the emotion score demonstrated no significant relationship between these variables.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 90089.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Harward
mesh_terms: D000649:Amniocentesis / Q000523:psychology*; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011247:Pregnancy; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D013997:Time Factors