The Anxiety and Information need of the Pregnant Women before Having the Cesarean Section
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2010-03-29
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Vajira Medical Journal
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Abstract The Anxiety and Information need of the Pregnant Women before Having the Cesarean Section Orathai Boonlert BN, MED (Health Education)* Sangtien Thamlikitkul MED (Developing Psychology)** *Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Nursing, Kuakarun College of Nursing **Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Kuakarun College of Nursing Objective: To study the anxiety, information need and the relationship between the anxiety and the information need of pregnant women before having the cesarean section. Study design: Descriptive study by survey. Subjects: One hundred and twenty four pregnant women who admitted in BMA Medical College and Vajira Hospital for cesarean section from January - November 2000. Methods: Questionnaires consisted of three parts; demographic form, Speilberger's STAI Form X-I and STAI Form X-II inventory and information need questionnaire were filled out and collected. The obtained data were analyzed by using SPSS for Windows program. Main outcome measures: Mean scores of the state anxiety and trait anxiety, and the information need. Results: Mean scores of pregnant women's state anxiety and trait anxiety were in low level (87.9 and 56.5%) and the information need was in high level (88.7%). State anxiety was significantly and positively related to trait anxiety at p \< 0.001 level (r = 0.720), while the anxiety was not significantly related to information need. There was a significant difference of state anxiety and trait anxiety among patients who had different education, income and marital starts at p \< 0.05 level. There was a significant difference of state anxiety among patients who had different cesarean section experience ant p \< 0.05 level. There was also a significant difference of information need among patients who had different education level and cesarean section experience at p \< 0.05 level. The most of information needs was about cesarean section, the second was ambulation and the third was hospital discipltne. Conclusion: Pregnant women had state anxiety and trait anxiety in low level but information need before cesarean section in high level. State anxiety was significantly and positively related to trait anxiety, while state anxiety and trait anxiety were not significant related to information need.Key words: anxiety, information need, cesarean sectionVajira Med J 2002 ; 46 : 135 - 143
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Vajira Medical Journal; Vol. 46 No. 2 May - August 2002; 135-143