The relationships of spiritual health, pregnancy worries and stress and perceived social support with childbirth fear and experience: A path analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Given maternal health is a major health indicator, the present research aimed at determining the causal relationships of spiritual health, worries, stress and perceived social support with the fear and experience of childbirth in pregnant women.

Methods

The present longitudinal prospective research recruited 352 pregnant women presenting to selected health centers in Qazvin, Iran in 2021. The data were collected using the Childbirth Experience Questionnaire-2 (CEQ-2), the Wijma Delivery Expectancy/Experience Questionnaire (W-DEQ), the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS), the Persian version of the Pregnancy Worries and Stress Questionnaire (PWSQ), the Spiritual Health Questionnaire, the Socioeconomic Status (SES) questionnaire and a sociodem

SUBMITTER: Hosaini S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10703247 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature