فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

BACKGROUND: Childbirth self‑efficacy is one of the most important factors causing a shift inmothers do vaginal delivery. If the mother feels that she can cope well with stress, will be protectedfrom the harmful effects of stress on your health. Self‑efficacy contained individual’s assessment ofher ability to deal with stressful situations. Strengthen the spiritual beliefs of the patient causes herto be a good result every situation even incurable condition. This study aimed to determine the effectof religious‑spiritual support on childbirth self‑efficacy in primiparous women.METHODS: This is a quasi‑experimental study carried on seventy primiparous women; participantswere randomly divided into two intervention and control groups. The intervention group received thee‑learning package based on religious‑spiritual content. Self‑efficacy questionnaire by both groupsbefore and 4 weeks after it was completed. Collected data were entered into SPSS version 11descriptive statistics, independent t‑test, and paired t‑test which were used for analysis of data. Thesignificant level was considered <0.05.RESULTS: The results showed that the mean self‑efficacy score before and after intervention incase group was 105.2 (27.01) and 110.12 (21.2), respectively, and in control group; 111.2 (23.12)and 116.9 (24.43).   Paired t‑test in two groups was significant (P = 0.042, P = 0.045) but independentt‑test showed no significant difference in scores of childbirth self‑efficacy before and after interventionin two groups (P = 0.061).CONCLUSION: In prenatal periods, religious‑spiritual support through electronic package method canincrease childbirth self‑efficacy, so the planning and establishment of this training are recommendedas an effective training.