Gebelerin doğum inançları ile doğuma hazır oluşlarının değerlendirilmesi

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Thesis Type: Postgraduate

Institution Of The Thesis: Ataturk University, Sağlık Bilimleri Enstitüsü, EBELİK ANABİLİM DALI, Turkey

Approval Date: 2023

Thesis Language: Turkish

Student: İMRAN ÜLKÜ ALEV

Supervisor: Hava Özkan

Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection

Abstract:

Aim: This research was conducted to evaluate pregnant women's birth beliefs and readiness for birth. Material and Method: This research is a descriptive study. This research is of descriptive type. The research was conducted with 1000 pregnant volunteers who applied to Ankara Training and Research Hospital between October 2022 and December 2022 and met the research criteria. The data were collected using the "Personal Information Form", "Birth Beliefs (BBS) Scale" and "Ready for Birth Subscale of the Prenatal Self Evaluation Questionnaire'' Number, percentage, mean statistical methods, parametric (t-test), nonparametric tests (Kruskal Wallis) and Pearson correlation analysis were used in the evaluation of the data. Results: Pregnancies scored 3.77±0.76 in the medical processes sub-dimension, 4.28±0.62 in the natural processes sub-dimension, and 4.00±0.48 in the BBS. The mean total score in the Birth Readiness subscale was 31.59±4.58. A weak positive correlation was found between the birth belief scale birth process sub-dimension and total mean score of the pregnant women. Conclusion: As the natural birth belief of pregnant women increases, their readiness increases. Keywords: Birth beliefs, delivery, midwife, ready for birth