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Çocuksuz Bireylerde Gebelik Öncesi Doğum Korkusu: Tanımlayıcı-Kesitsel Çalışma
Fear of Childbirth Prior to Pregnancy Among Childless Individuals: Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study
Elif Yağmur GÜRa, Betül UZUN ÖZERb, Serap EJDER APAYa
aAtatürk Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi, Ebelik Bölümü, Erzurum, Türkiye
bAmasya Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi, Ebelik Bölümü, Amasya, Türkiye
Turkiye Klinikleri J Health Sci. 2022;7(2):412-9
doi: 10.5336/healthsci.2021-85383
Article Language: TR
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 Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı, çocuğu olmayan bireylerin gebelik öncesi doğum korkusunu belirlemektir. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Tanımlayıcı ve kesitsel nitelikte olan araştırma, Nisan-Haziran 2021 tarihleri arasında 800 birey (389 kadın, 411 erkek) ile yürütülmüştür. Çalışmanın verileri Kişisel Bilgi Formu ve Gebelik Öncesi Doğum Korkusu Ölçeği (GÖDKÖ) ile toplanmıştır. Google Formlar aracılığı ile çevrim içi toplanan verilerin analizinde tanımlayıcı istatistik, oneway ANOVA, bağımsız gruplarda t-testi ve ki-kare kullanılmıştır. Bulgular: Kadın katılımcıların yaş ortalaması 23,09±3,24, erkeklerin ise 23,47±3,73 idi. Kadınların %69,9'u, erkeklerin %64,5'i üniversite mezunu/okuyan ve kadınların %55,3'ünün, erkeklerin %53,8'inin medeni durumu bekârdır. Hem kadın hem erkek katılımcıların büyük çoğunluğunun ekonomik durum algısı orta düzeyde (sırasıyla %62,0; %59,1) ve çekirdek aile yapısına sahiptir (sırasıyla %75,3; %73,2). Kadınların %85,6'sının, erkeklerin %87,6'sının gelecekteki doğum tercihi normal doğumdur. Kadınların büyük çoğunluğu (%81,0) ve erkeklerin %36,3'ü doğumdan korktuğunu ifade etmiştir. Kadınların, GÖDKÖ toplam puan ortalaması 40,25±11,04, erkeklerin ise 33,83±9,76 idi ve katılımcıların ölçek puan ortalaması arasındaki fark istatistiksel olarak anlamlıdır (p=0,0001). Katılımcıların gelecekteki doğum tercihi (kadın p=0,01, erkek p=0,004) ve doğum korkusu yaşama durumu (p=0,0001) ile ölçek puan ortalaması arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir fark bulunmuştur. Sonuç: Bu çalışmada, her iki cinsiyet de (kadınlarda daha fazla) gebelik öncesi doğum korkusu yaşamaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler: Doğum korkusu; ebelik; erkek; gebelik öncesi; kadın
ABSTRACT
 Objective: This study aims to determine the fear of childbirth prior to pregnancy among childless individuals. Material and Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted with 800 individuals (389 females, 411 males) between April and June 2021. The data of the study were collected with the personal information form and the fear of childbirth prior to pregnancy scale. Descriptive statistics, one-way ANOVA, t-test for independent groups and chi-square were used in the analysis of data collected online via Google Forms. Results: In this study, the average age of female participants was 23.09±3.24 and 23.47±3.73 for men. 69.9% of women, 64.5% of men were university graduates/undergraduates 55.3% of women and 53.8% of men were single. The economic situation perception of the majority of both male and female participants was moderate (respectively 62.0%, 59.1%) and they had nuclear family structure (respectively 75.3%, 73.2%). The future birth preference of 85.6% of women and 87.6% of men is normal birth. Most of the women (81.0%) and 36.3% of the men sated that they are afraid of birth. The total mean score of the fear of childbirth prior to pregnancy scale for women is 40.25±11.04, and for men is 33.83±9.76, the difference between the participants' mean scale score is statistically significant (p=0.0001). A statistically significant difference was found between the participants' future birth preference (female p=0.01, male p=0.004) and fear of delivery (p=0.0001) and the scale mean score. Conclusion: In this study, both genders (more in women) have experienced pre-pregnancy fear of delivery.

Keywords: Fear of birth; midwifery; men; pre-pregnancy; women
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