Determination of prenatal attachment and anxiety levels in postterm pregnancy

Year 2023, Volume: 10 Issue: 4, 543 - 548, 01.12.2023

Özge Şehirli Kıncı , Buket Koparal , Mehmet Ferdi Kıncı , Mehmet Onur Arslaner , Ahmet Akın Sivaslıoğlu

https://doi.org/10.52880/sagakaderg.1246848

Abstract

Introduction and Aim: To compare anxiety and attachment levels besides obstetric and sociodemographic characteristics between late term and non-late term pregnants.
Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted on 49 pregnant women who were over 41 weeks of pregnancy as late-term pregnancy group and 67 pregnant women who were 37-41 weeks of pregnancy were included in the study as control group. Data were collected using demographic and obstetrics data form, Pregnancy-Related Anxiety Questionnaire-Revised-2, and prenatal attachment scale.
Results: The prenatal attachment scale median score of late term pregnant women was 68 (39-81) and the anxiety scale median score was 28 (13-55). The median score of the prenatal attachment scale for may not affect the non-late term pregnant women was 64 (30-84), and the median score of the anxiety scale was 26 (11-43). There was no statistically significant difference between the two groups in terms of scale scores (p>0.05).
Conclusions: It was found that prenatal attachment and anxiety levels were not affected by the late term state of pregnant women in our study. In the presence of other conditions that positively affect attachment, although late term pregnancy is risky, it did not have an effect on attachment and anxiety.

Keywords

Prenatal Attachment, Anxiety, Late Term Pregnancy, Pregnancy-related anxiety scale

Miad Aşımı Gebeliklerde Prenatal Bağlanma ve Anksiyete Düzeylerinin Belirlenmesi

Abstract

Amaç: Term gebelik ve miad aşımı gebelik döneminde olan gebelerin obstetrik ve sosyodemografik özelliklerinin yanı sıra anksiyete ve bağlanma düzeylerini karşılaştırması.
Gereç ve Yöntem: Kesitsel tanımlayıcı tipte planlanan bu çalışmaya, 41. gebelik haftasının üzerinde olan 49 gebe miad aşımı gebelik grubu ve 37-41 hafta arasında olan 67 gebe kontrol grubu olarak çalışmaya dahil edildi. Veriler, demografik ve obstetrik veri formu, Gebelikle İlişkili Anksiyete Ölçeği Revize formu 2 ve Prenatal Bağlanma Ölçeği kullanılarak toplanmıştır.
Bulgular: Miad aşımı gebelik grubunun prenatal bağlanma ölçeği medyan puanı 68 (39-81) ve anksiyete ölçeği medyan puanı ise 28 (13-55) idi. Prenatal bağlanma ölçeğinin term gebe grubu için medyan puanı 64 (30-84), anksiyete ölçeğinin medyan puanı ise 26 (11-43) idi. Ölçek puanları açısından iki grup arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı fark izlenmemiştir (p>0.05).
Sonuç: Çalışmamızda gebelerin miad aşımı olması durumundan doğum öncesi bağlanma ve kaygı düzeylerinin etkilenmediği bulunmuştur. Bağlanmayı olumlu etkileyen diğer durumların varlığında miad aşımı gebelik riskli olmasına rağmen bağlanma ve kaygı üzerine etkisi olmamaktadır.

Keywords

Prenatal Bağlanma, Anksiyete, Miad Aşımı Gebelik, Gebelikle ilişkili anksiteye skalası

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