ArticleJournal of education and health promotion2021
The effect of education on anxiety of pregnant mothers before amniocentesis.
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- Effect of prenatal genetic counseling on anxiety and test attitudes in pregnant women: a randomized trial.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P · 2026Trial
- The effect of video-based multimedia information before amniocentesis on pain, anxiety, and pregnancy outcomes.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- The effect of watching an informational video prior amniocentesis on maternal anxiety: a randomized controlled trail.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2024Trial
- A randomized controlled trial on the effectiveness of peanut ball device during labor on maternal outcomes and stress levels.Journal of education and health promotion · 2026Article
- Interactive pregnancy education on stress, cortisol, and epinephrine level in primigravida of trimester III pregnant: a quasi-experimental.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundPregnancy alone is associated with many anxieties and worries for many women. Prenatal diagnosis of fetal malformations is one of the most important anxious events for women. Increasing knowledge empowers the person to identify the important issues and by increasing understanding, creates a positive attitude in people. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of education on the level of anxiety of pregnant mothers before invasive screening for fetal abnormalities (amniocentesis). MATERIALS AND
methodsThis is a quasi-experimental study with two parallel designs in three stages: Pretest (before intervention), posttest (after intervention), and after amniocentesis. This study was performed on 80 pregnant women candidates for amniocentesis (40 pregnant women in the control group and 40 pregnant women in the intervention group) referred to the perinatology clinic in Yazd in 2020. Data collection tools were demographic and midwifery questionnaires and Spiel Berger anxiety questionnaires. In the experimental group, the intervention was performed as group training for 90 min immediately before amniocentesis. In the control group, only routine procedures (brief description by a perinatologist during amniocentesis) were performed. SPSS software version 16 was used to analyze the data.
resultsThe mean age of the research units was 67/5 ± 5/33 years. The results of Mann-Whitney intergroup test showed that the mean scores of overt anxiety before the intervention between the control and intervention groups were not significant (
conclusionThe findings of the present study indicate the positive effect of education on anxiety of pregnant women candidates for amniocentesis. The results also show the important role of education on the psychological dimension of high-risk pregnant women in relation to the consequences of pregnancy and childbirth. According to the research results, it seems that education affects the cognitive system and information processing by increasing people's awareness of the amniocentesis process and its consequences.
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