Effects of Prenatal Education and Type Of Delivery On Stress Axes
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Materials and Methods: In this prospective study, women who were going to have caesarean or vagi-nal delivery were compared in terms of whether they undertook prenatal education (PNE) in pregnan-cy school or not. Among those of women having PNE, twenty women had caesarean delivery and, therefore, the number of women in other groups was decided accordingly. As a result, a total of 4 groups were formed as follows: women having PNE/caesarean delivery (n=20), having PNE/vaginal delivery (n=20), not having PNE/having caesarean delivery (n=20) and not having PNE/having vaginal delivery (n=20). In these women, the prenatal HPA and ANS activities were measured non-invasively with saliva cortisol and heart rate variability (HRV), respectively. HRV was measured by 5-min electro-cardiogram recording and time- and frequency-domains parameters were calculated.
Results: The (PNE) did not affect the prenatal cortisol and HRV parameters in none of the delivery types (vaginal and caesarean) (p>0.05). HRV parameters were higher in women having vaginal delivery than those of caesarean delivery (P<0.05). No correlations were observed between the cortisol and HRV parameters (P>0.05).
Conclusion: The prenatal education had no effect on HPA and ANS; however, the delivery type altered the HRV parameters. Saliva cortisol and HRV may be useful parameters in terms of examining the phys-iology of the birth process
Key Words: Cortisol, Heart rate variability, Prenatal education, Vaginal delivery, Caesarean delivery
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0000-0003-3278-7779
Türkiye
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0000-0001-5695-2586
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0000-0002-7872-790X
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Yayımlanma Tarihi
29 Aralık 2021
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7 Ekim 2021
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14 Aralık 2021
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