THE ROLE OF PSYCHOEDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION IN PREVENTING ISSUES ARISING IN PREGNANT WOMEN EXPERIENCING FEAR OF CHILDBIRTH

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 11 Sayı: 1, 15 - 21, 31.03.2025

Burcu Öskan Fırat , Ümran Oskay

Öz

Pregnancy and childbirth experience are considered extraordinary life events. While some women perceive the birth process positively, others view it as a fearful and threatening experience. Women who perceive childbirth negatively associate this process with complications and the risk of death for both the mother and the baby. Fear of childbirth is a phenomenon that hinders psychological preparation for birth and complicates the transition to parenthood. In order to protect and enhance maternal and infant health while reducing healthcare costs, fear of childbirth should be reduced through appropriate interventions. Psychoeducational interventions are among the high-evidence techniques used to reduce the fear of childbirth. Psychoeducational interventions applied during pregnancy allow women to prepare for childbirth. These interventions reduce the stress experienced during pregnancy due to fear of childbirth and enhance the adaptation to the motherhood role. The correct information conveyed to pregnant women through psychoeducational interventions, as well as techniques applied to manage pain during childbirth, especially help women cope with pain-related fear and the sense of uncertainty, which are particularly prevalent among primiparous women.

Anahtar Kelimeler

fear of childbirth, depression, psychoeducation

Psikoeğitim Müdahalesinin Doğum Korkusu Yaşayan Gebelerde Ortaya Çıkan Sorunları Önlemedeki Yeri

Öz

Gebelik ve doğum deneyimi, olağanüstü bir yaşam olayı olarak kabul edilmektedir. Bazı kadınlar doğum sürecini olumlu algılarken, bazı kadınlar korku dolu ve tehdit edici bir deneyim olarak algılamaktadır. Doğumu olumsuz algılayan kadınlar bu süreci hem anne hem de bebek için komplikasyon ve ölüm riski ile ilişkilendirmektedir. Doğum korkusu, doğuma yönelik psikolojik hazırlığı engelleyen ve ebeveynliğe geçişi zorlaştıran bir olgudur. Anne-bebek sağlığını korumak, yükseltmek ve sağlık bakım maliyetini azaltmak amacıyla doğum korkusunun uygun müdahaleler ile azaltılması gerekmektedir. Psikoeğitim müdahalesi, doğum korkusunun azaltılmasında kullanılan kanıt düzeyi yüksek önemli tekniklerden biridir. Gebelik döneminde uygulanan psikoeğitim müdahalesi, kadınların doğuma hazırlamasına olanak tanımaktadır. Doğum korkusuna bağlı gebelik sırasında yaşanan stresin azaltılması ve annelik rolüne adaptasyonu arttırmaktadır. Psikoeğitim müdahalesi ile gebelere aktarılan doğru bilgi ve doğumda ağrı sürecine yönelik uygulanan teknikler, özellikle primipar gebelerde ortaya çıkan ağrı korkusu ve bilinmezlik duygusu ile baş etmeye imkân tanımaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Doğum Korkusu, Depresyon, Psikoeğitim

Kaynakça

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