title: The impact of Islamic religious education on anxiety level in primipara mothers.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Anxiety is among the most common pregnancy complications. This study was conducted to examine the impact of religious teaching on anxiety in primiparous mothers referring to the selected perinatal clinics of Tehran University of Medical Sciences in 2013.
  
  
  METHODS
  This randomized clinical trial was conducted on the pregnant women in 20-28 weeks of gestation referring to the selected clinics of Tehran University of Medical Sciences from July 2013 to June 2014. The subjects were selected through simple random sampling and divided into religious education and control groups. To assess the individuals, a demographic questionnaire, an anxiety trait State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and a religious knowledge and attitude trait (pre- test and post-test and 1 or 2 months after the test) were filled in by the two groups. Training classes (religious knowledge and attitude trait) for the cases were held in 6 weeks, and the sessions lasted for 1½ h.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The knowledge and attitude scores showed significant differences in the controls and cases after the intervention (P= 0.001) and 2 months after the study (P= 0.001). According to the results of independentt-test, a significant difference was found in the state anxiety score (P= 0.002) and personal score (P= 0.0197) between the two groups before the intervention; however, the results were strongly significant different after the intervention and 2 months after the study (P≤ 0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The improvement in the mothers' knowledge and attitude in religious subjects will reduce anxiety in primiparas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: Tahereh
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mokhtaryan
authors.affiliation: Community Based Psychiatric Care Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: Zahra
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yazdanpanahi
authors.affiliation: Department of Midwifery, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: Marzieh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akbarzadeh
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Infertility Research Centre, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: Sedigheh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Amooee
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics, Infertility Research Centre, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: Najaf
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zare
keywords: Anxiety; attitude; knowledge; religious