Effects of mindfulness-based childbirth on procedural fear， pain and outcome in pregnant women / 四川精神卫生

ABSTRACT

ObjectiveTo analyze the effects of mindfulness-based childbirth on procedural fear， pain and pregnancy outcome in pregnant women， so as to provide references for clinical application of mindfulness-based childbirth. MethodsA total of 100 pregnant women in the Third Hospital of Mianyang from January 2018 to January 2019 were selected， and divided into experimental group and control group by random number table method， each with 50 cases. All pregnant women received routine nursing， based on this， experimental group received an 8-week mindfulness-based childbirth intervention. Then pregnant women were evaluated with Childbirth Attitudes Questionnaires （CAQ） and Numerical Rating Scale （NRS）， meantime， the labour course and mode of delivery were recorded. Thereafter， the two groups were compared in terms of fear， pain， labor course and delivery mode. ResultsThe scores of CAQ ［（30.46±9.27） vs.（43.24±14.54）， t=-5.242， P<0.01］ and NRS ［（6.64±0.80） vs.（7.32±0.77）， t=-4.331， P<0.01］ yielded statistical differences between experimental group and control group. The labor course of experimental group was shorter than that of control group ［（10.10±1.91）h vs.（13.28±3.28）h， t=-5.921， P<0.01］. The vaginal delivery rate was 84.00% in experimental group and 60.00% in control group， and the cesarean section rate was 16.00% and 40.00%， respectively， with statistical difference （χ2=7.143， P<0.01）. ConclusionMindfulness-based childbirth may alleviate the labor fear and pain， shorten the labor course and promote vaginal delivery.