title: Couples Communication Skills and Anxiety of Pregnancy: A Narrative Review.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  physical problems during pregnancy including Anxiety disorders form a large share of health problems. On the other hand, healthy relationship and communication skills are vital to raise a family. For couples who enjoy communication skills, parenthood will be the best and most pleasant experiences in their lives. High levels of positive communication will lead to couples and their children's mental health and couples' good relationship can have a protective effect against stressors including anxiety of pregnancy. The current study reviewed the studies on the relationship between communication skills and the anxiety of pregnancy.
  
  
  METHODS
  The current study is a review where the researcher browsed the available databases like Google Scholar, Pubmed, Magiran, SID, and Science Direct and using key words of Communication skills, marital satisfaction, and the anxiety of pregnancy, & the researcher has searched the articles of 2000-2014 & read 150 abstracts & 93 full papers and ultimately, chose 50 to write this study.
  
  
  RESULTS
  By reviewing the findings literature in three general categories as Communication Skills as the Significant Component to Get Marital Satisfaction, Improving Marital Satisfaction as Pregnancy Anxiety Reducing Factor, and Communication Skills Quality as Component Influencing Pregnancy Anxiety.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Having communication skills will lead to promotion of marital satisfaction and increased mental health in life. It is, therefore, recommended that communication skills be trained in routine programs for pre-marriage counseling, pre-pregnancy cares and pregnancy so that the mental health of community can be improved.
authors.affiliation: Department of Reproductive Health and Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran ; Student Research Committee, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
authors.forename: Mina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Malary
authors.affiliation: Department of Reproductive Health and Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
authors.forename: Zohreh
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Shahhosseini
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Research Center for Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
authors.forename: Mehdi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pourasghar
authors.affiliation: Department of Reproductive Health and Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran ; Traditional and Complementary Medicine Research Centre, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
authors.forename: Zeinab
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Hamzehgardeshi
keywords: Anxiety of Pregnancy; Communication Skills; Marital Satisfaction