Aim This study aims to examine pregnancy and birth planning during COVID-19 and the effects of a tele-education offered to pregnant women for this planning process on prenatal distress and pregnancy-related anxiety. Method The population of this quasi-experimental study was composed of pregnant women who applied for the antenatal education class of a public hospital in the east of Turkey during their past prenatal follow-ups and wrote their contact details in the registration book to participate in group trainings. The sample of the study consisted of a total of 96 pregnant women, including 48 in the experiment and 48 in the control groups, who were selected using power analysis and non-probability random sampling method. The data were collected between April 22 and May 13, 2020 using a “Personal Information Form”, the “Revised Prenatal Distress Questionnaire (NuPDQ)” and the “Pregnancy Related Anxiety Questionnaire-Revised 2 (PRAQ-R2)”. An individual tele-education (interactive education and consultancy provided by phone calls, text message and digital education booklet) was provided to the pregnant women in the experiment group for one week. No intervention was administered to those in the control group. The data were statistically analyzed using descriptive statistics (frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, min-max values) and t-test in dependent and independent groups. Results The posttest NuPDQ total mean scores of pregnant women in the experiment and control groups were 8.75±5.10 and 11.50±4.91, respectively, whereby the difference between the groups was statistically significant (t=-2.689, p=0.008). Additionally, the difference between their mean scores on both PRAQ-R2 and its subscales of “fear of giving birth” and “worries of bearing a physically or mentally handicapped child” was statistically significant (p<0.05), where those in the experiment group had lower anxiety, fear of giving birth and worries of bearing a physically or mentally handicapped child. Conclusion The tele-education offered to the pregnant women for pregnancy and birth planning during COVID-19 decreased their prenatal distress and pregnancy-related anxiety.
Bu çalışma gebelerde sağlık algısı, sağlık okuryazarlığı ve ilişkili faktörlerin değerlendirilmesi amacıyla yapılmıştır. Çalışmanın örneklemini Mart-Nisan 2017 tarihlerinde özel bir hastanenin NST polikliniğine başvuran ve araştırmaya katılmayı gönüllü olarak kabul eden 150 gebe oluşturmuştur. Veriler "Gebe Tanıtım Formu, Sağlık Algısı Ölçeği ve Sağlık Okuryazarlığı Ölçeği" ile yüz yüze görüşme yöntemi kullanılarak toplanmış olup Statistical Package for Social Sciences for Windows 20.0 istatistik paket programında analiz edilmiştir. Gebelerin ortalama yaşı 28,77±5,479 (min=17, max=42)'dur. Gebelerin, % 68'inin lise ve üzeri eğitim düzeyine sahip olduğu, %36'sının çalıştığı ve %77,3'ünün orta gelir düzeyine sahip olduğu saptanmıştır. Gebelerin Sağlık Algısı Ölçeği puan ortalaması 50,48±7,009 ve Sağlık Okuryazarlığı Tanılama Ölçeği puan ortalaması 111,52±13,282 olarak bulunmuştur. Gebelerin eğitim ve gelir durumları ile sağlık algısı ve okuryazarlığı düzeyleri arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir ilişki bulunmuştur. Aynı zamanda gebelerin sağlık algısı ve sağlık okuryazarlığı toplam puan ortalamaları arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı pozitif bir ilişki saptanmıştır. Çalışmada gebelerin iyi düzeyde sağlık algısına ve yüksek düzeyde sağlık okuryazarlığına sahip olduğu saptanmıştır. Ayrıca gebelerin sağlık okuryazarlıkları yükseldikçe sağlık algılarının iyileştiği belirlenmiştir.
This study determined that foot massage applied during menopause increases the average daily sleep duration in hours and reduces fatigue and anxiety levels.
This study was conducted to analyse the anxiety and depression levels among parents whose newborns were staying at neonatal intensive care units. Material and Method: The sample of this crosssectional study was composed of 150 parents who had the infants hospitalized at the neonatal intensive care unit of a private hospital between January 1-March 31, 2017 and agreed to participate voluntarily in the research. The data were collected through face-to-face interviews using the Individual Identification Form, State-Trait Anxiety Scale and the Beck Depression Scale and were analysed using IBM Statistical Package for Social Sciences for Windows 20.0. Findings: The average age of the parents was 29,33 ± 5,990 years (min: 18, max: 52). 83,3% of the parents were mothers of the infants and 38,0% of the parents were high school graduates. 32,7% of newborns were premature babies, 33,3% of them were hospitalized due to respiratory distress and the duration of hospitalization was one week or more for 40,7% of the newborns. Total mean scores for the participants on State Anxiety Scale, Trait Anxiety Scale and Beck Depression Scale were found to be 45,13 ± 9,459, 44,66 ± 7,266 and 11,50 ± 10,626, respectively. A weak positive correlation was found between the anxiety levels and depression symptoms among the parents. Conclusion: Despite that the families were found to be moderately anxious in the study, most of them did not show signs of depression.
Objective: The survey was conducted to identify methods of contraception used by women applying to family health centres and factors affecting this use. Materials and Method: This descriptive survey was conducted in the period 24 July-1 September 2017 with 1,061 women applying to 6 Family Health Centres at Amasya provincial centre to receive counselling in family planning and accepting to take part in the survey. Data were collected by using the form designed by researchers and analysed with SPSS 20 programme. Findings: The average age of women participating to the survey (N=1061) is 31.05±7.006 (min=17, max=52). 36.9% of women are high school graduates, 85.5% are housewives, 99.6% are married and 89.5 are living in the city. Of these women 46.4% use modern and 31.3% use conventional methods of contraception. The modern methods of contraception most widely used by women include male condom, IUA, hormonal methods and tube ligation. Evaluating women's use of any family planning method with respect to their socio-demographic characteristics it is found that there is statistically significant relationship between this practice and age, education status, age of husbands and the place they live (p�0.05). Conclusion: Needs of all women applying to family health centres delivering family planning services must be noted and taken into account. Guidance in line with ideas, choices and decisions of women must be provided in the context of health services.
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