Effect of Taegyo-focused prenatal education on maternal-fetal attachment and self-efficacy related to childbirth.
OBJECTIVE
To examine the effect of Taegyo-focused prenatal classes on maternal-fetal attachment and self-efficacy related to childbirth.


METHODS
Over 4 weeks, 49 women, 20 to 36 weeks of gestation participated in a prenatal program led by the nurse who developed it. In addition to Lamaze content it included; understanding ability of fetus to respond, sharing motivation, purpose of pregnancy, and preconceptions of experiencing childbirth, training in maternal-fetal interaction, writing letters and making a declaration of love to unborn baby. Using a pre-experimental design, data were collected by self-report, before and after program, using Cranley's Maternal-Fetal Attachment Scale (1981), and Shin's (1997) Labor Self-Efficacy Measurement.


CONCLUSIONS
Paired t-test showed significant changes in scores of maternal-fetal attachment (t=6.91. p<.001) and self-efficacy related to childbirth (t=10.19, p<.001). Taegyo opens the possibility of integrating Western ideas with Korean traditional health behavior. Incorporation of Taegyo into existing prenatal classes is recommended.
Chang
SoonBok
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College of Nursing, Yonsei University.
Park
Somi
S
Chung
ChaeWeon
C
D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology; D003479:Curriculum; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000458:organization & administration; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008149:Love; D016389:Maternal-Child Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D033261:Maternal-Fetal Relations / Q000208:ethnology*; D008518:Medicine, East Asian Traditional; D009035:Mothers / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology; D009042:Motivation; D009721:Nurse Midwives / Q000458:organization & administration; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009769:Object Attachment; D036801:Parturition / Q000208:ethnology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011295:Prenatal Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D020377:Self Efficacy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014956:Writing