The Effectiveness of Childbirth Preparation Classes on Pregnant Mothers Worries Mazandaran 2018

Backgrounds: Pregnancy is a different experience with multiple changes which may lead to mother's worry. Worry is associated with physical and psych-social disorders for mother and undesirable consequences for baby too. In a lot of populations, worry about birth process and baby's health problems are the most common factors for mother s' worry. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of childbirth preparation classes on pregnant mothers' worries.Material and method: This descriptive-analytic study was done on prim gravid mothers in Mazandaran (Iran). By simple random sampling, 83 mothers who had participated in childbirth preparation classes and 98 mothers who just received routine prenatal education were recruited. Instruments were demographic questionnaire and Cambridge worry scale. Data were analyzed with descriptive statistics, chi-square and t-test.Result: Worry of mothers was not significantly different between participants in the classes and those who received routine education (23.24±22.04 vs. 28.93±18.46, p=0.06). Only the medical-social dimension of worry was significantly different between them (13.12±11.95 vs. 17.17±9.19, respectively, p=0.01). The highest scores of worry were about childbirth process (2.04±1.82) and baby's health problems (1.98±1.96) in women who attended in the classes. While in those who received routine education, the highest scores were about childbirth process (3.26±1.64) and vaginal exam (2.59±1.73) and baby's health problems was in third place (2.39±1.97). However the difference between two groups was only significant for worries about financial problems (p=0.04), vaginal exam (p=0.001), childbirth process (p<0.001), baby's gender (p=0.02) and hospital bustle (p=0.01).Conclusion: Although worry was lower in mother who had participated in childbirth preparation classes, the difference was not significant with routine education. So for effective decrease in various dimensions of mothers' worry, it seems planning to strength the content of childbirth classes is necessary.