فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

BACKGROUND: Women who experience stillbirth and preterm delivery are likely to be associatedwith an increased risk of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) compared to women with live birthsand dose religious attitude related to posttraumatic stress? The aim of the study was promotion PTSDfollowing traumatic birth experiences and the influence of maternity religious Attitude.MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross‑sectional analytical study was conducted at selected hospitalsof Shiraz University of Medical Sciences on 82 subjects in 2018. The instruments were demographicquestionnaire, Religious Attitude questionnaire, and Mississippi PTSD Scale which were completedafter delivery. Data were analyzed using SPSS software, version 22, using the Pearson correlation test.RESULTS: About 75% stillbirth group and 65% of the preterm delivery group had a high level ofreligious attitude. In the stillbirth group, 90% had high levels of PTSD and in the preterm deliverygroup, 90% had moderate stress, and 10% had high PTSD levels. The correlation between religiousattitude and PTSD after stillbirth was 0.373 with a significance level of 0.018. Therefore, there wasa significant positive relationship between religious attitude and PTSD. However, the relationshipbetween religious attitude and PTSD after preterm delivery was not statistically significant (P = 0.158).CONCLUSION: PTSD was significantly higher in mothers with stillbirth and had a significantrelationship with religious attitude. However, in mothers of preterm infants, the level of stress wasmoderate and did not have a significant relationship with religious attitude. The findings indicate theneed of mothers for interventions to cope better with the physical and psychological problems ofstillbirth and preterm delivery.