فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

INTRODUCTION: Fear of childbirth is a common problem in pregnant women, which in many casesleads to maternal requested cesarean. A midwife, as a responsible person, plays an important role inproviding advice and giving care to mothers during pregnancy, delivery, and the postpartum period.The present study was conducted with the aim of determining the effect of individual counselingprogram by a midwife on fear of childbirth in primiparous women.MATERIALS AND METHODS: This clinical trial was conducted in 2015–16, on ninety primiparouswomen with gestational ages of 28–30 weeks, who presented themselves at health‑care centersin Mashhad. The individuals were randomly divided into two groups: intervention and control. Theintervention group received the counseling program individually during three sessions, and the routinecare was given to the control group. Data collection tools the Wijma Delivery Expectancy/ExperienceQuestionnaire. The data were collected at recruitment during 34–36 weeks of pregnancy and wereanalyzed using SPSS 16 software and the statistical tests: Chi‑square and t‑test, and P < 0.05 wasconsidered to be significant.RESULTS: During weeks 34–36 of pregnancy, the mean scores for fear of childbirth in the interventiongroup and control group were 39.733 ± 17.085 and 65.666 ± 15.019, respectively, and there was asignificant difference between the two groups (P < 0.001).CONCLUSION: The individual counseling program provided by the midwife to the primiparous womenduring pregnancy resulted in reduced fear of childbirth.