ABSTRACT

Background: Pregnancy and childbirth are considered as normal physiological processes as well as it’s significant physiological, social, and emotional events in a women and their family’s life. Despite women’s desire to have children, distressed women may choose to avoid pregnancy, terminate their pregnancy, or have a cesarean delivery without medical indication

Aim: To determine the effectiveness of the educational program on primigravida women’s fear and to find out the relationship between fear of childbirth and demographical variables.

Methods: Quasi-experimental study design pre-test and post-test for both the study and the control group was used to collect the data from 100 women. A pilot-test is conducted to determine the reliability of the questionnaire. Educational program provided for study group and post-test conducted in the first stage of labor for both groups. Data were analyzed through the use of SPSS.

Results: The highest percentage of primigravida women have a severe fear of childbirth. There are no significant differences between study and control group in pre-test, while there are highly significant differences between study and control group in post-test. There are no significant difference between women’s fear and demographic variable.

Conclusion: This study finds that primigravida women have severe childbirth fear before receiving the educational program, however their fear reduced to mild in post-test period. The educational program is effective in reducing fear.

Keywords: Childbirth, Fear, Primigravida, Pregnant women