title: The effect of education given to primigravida women on fear of childbirth.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The present study was conducted to determine the effect of education that is given information about the delivery room, labor and coping strategies with the fear of pain of childbirth in primigravida women.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study was conducted experimentally using pre-post tests and a control group.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 99 primigravida women with 50 in the study group and 49 in the control group at a maternity hospital in a city of middle region of Turkey were recruited to the study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were collected using the Pregnant Introduction Form, Interview Form After Delivery and Wijma Delivery Expectancy/Experience Questionnaire (W-DEQ), version A. Verbal informed consent and approval were obtained from the participants and ethical committee. Preparatory labor education was provided in two sessions between pregnancy weeks 28 and 34 to the women in the study group. Fisher, MC Pearson, chi-square, Mann-Whitney U and Wilcoxon t tests were used for statistical data analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the first interview session, no significant difference was found between W-DEQ-A scores of the study and control groups. The mean pre-education W-DEQ-A score was 61.1 while it was 42.0 post-education in the study group. The post-education W-DEQ-A score was 58.5 in the control group while it was 42.0 in the study group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It was determined that positive perception regarding birth was provided and fear of childbirth decreased with the preparation education for birth.
authors: Department of Nursing, Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Health College, Nevşehir, Turkey. Electronic address: aynur268@gmail.com.
authors: Aynur
authors: A
authors: Kızılırmak
authors: Gynecology and Obstetrics Nursing, Erciyes University, Health Science Faculty, Kayseri, Turkey. Electronic address: mbaser@erciyes.edu.tr.
authors: Mürüvvet
authors: M
authors: Başer
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003696:Delivery Rooms; D005239:Fear / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D020073:Gravidity; D006801:Humans; D036801:Parturition / Q000523:psychology*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011247:Pregnancy; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Antenatal education; Fear of childbirth; Labor; Nursing