Women's worries in first pregnancy: results from a randomised controlled trial.
It has been suggested that participation in an antenatal education programme will increase the level of worry in pregnant women. This randomised controlled trial, investigated women's worries in late pregnancy as a secondary outcome depending on their attendance in an antenatal education programme. We found that women attending the education programme reported a lower level of worry in late pregnancy, especially worries related to birth issues, compared to those who did not attend the antenatal education programme.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Aarhus University Hospital, Brendstrupgårdsvej 100, 8200 Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark; Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Aarhus, Bartholin alle 2, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark; Centre of Research in Rehabilitation (CORIR), Aarhus University Hospital, Brendstrupgårsdvej 100, 8200 Skejby, Aarhus, Denmark. Electronic address: rmai@soci.au.dk.
Rikke D
RD
Maimburg
Michael
M
Væth
Lone
L
Hvidman
Joan
J
Dürr
Jørn
J
Olsen
D001007:Anxiety / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D020073:Gravidity; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000523:psychology*; D011295:Prenatal Care / Q000379:methods*
Antenatal; Anxiety; Education; Pregnancy; RCT; Worry